Nicolette Pate

Miss Nicolette Pate has been dancing and competing since she was two years old at NCDA and is the third generation of the family business following in her grandmother’s (Miss Valerie) and mother’s (Miss Heather) dance steps. Miss Nicolette is trained in the Vaganova Syllabus and portrayed Clara in Ballet Elite of DE Russian version of the Nutcracker choreographed by Andrei Govorov, Sophia Govorov and taught by Mr. Val Goncharov.

Miss Nicolette is proficient in all styles of dance and was a title champion, performed in a Disney parade on ABC, a film and music video backup dancer for Realize Records, Glamour costume model and performed in Barcelona during the Summer Olympics 2016 as part of Diamond Elite Performing Co. representing the USA. She has been a Starpower “Power Pak” recipient and has won titles too numerous to mention.

Most recently, she heads the NCDMA Summer camp programs where she demonstrates her creativity and attention to each student due to her kind rapport. She is a UD Sophomore majoring in communications and looks forward to bringing fresh ideas to NCDMA’ s dance program to include Hip-Hop and lyrical. Look for Miss Nicolette as a backstage manager for Believe National Talent Competition.