Nicole Philippidis, teaches Contemporary Dance at Dance To The People, Center for the Arts, College of Staten Island.

Nicole Philippidis is the Artistic Director and Choreographer of 277DanceProject. Her work has been presented at various festivals throughout NYC. Nicole is a native New Yorker who attended Marymount Manhattan College where she received her B.F.A. in Dance. She earned her M.S. in Education from City College in 2003.  She has worked and studied with tremendous artists such as Geraldine Cardiel, Deborah Santos, Alan Danielson, and Sabatino Verlezza, who have influenced her movement style and inspired her to begin making dances.