Curriculum Vitae

Nicolette Emanuelle

Professional Performer, Composer, and Teaching Artist
Specializing in interdisciplinary works that combine music, theater, circus arts, and social justice.

1. Professional Experience

Original Productions

• What Are You? (2019-2024, co-produced with 7 Stages Theatre)
  An exploration of multiracial identity in America, presented as an installation, short film, and theatrical performance.
  Link to project
• Dead Artists Lounge (2015, 2018, 2020)
  Collaborative performance evenings based on works by deceased artists, hosted by Hereafter Artist Collective.
• The Black Box (2019)
  Curated variety show combining shadow puppetry, modern dance, aerial arts, and live music.
• The Golden Record (2018)
  Aerial-driven theatrical piece commissioned by Georgia Tech Astrobiology for the Atlanta Science Festival.

2. Teaching Artist Roles

• Stray Dog Theatre, St. Louis, MO
  AIM (Arts in Mind) – An arts-based after-school program for elementary students, in partnership with ASAP.
  (Jan 2022 – May 2024)
• 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, GA
  • Youth Creates summer program (2019-present): Guided teens in creating and performing original theater productions.
  • The Big Read collaboration (2019-2020): Partnered with schools to inspire artistic responses to classic literature.
• Aerial Arts Instructor, Atlanta, GA
  Various locations including Challenge Aerial Arts, Earth to Sky Performance Co., and The Space.
  (2014 – 2021)

3. Circus Arts/Entertainment

• World of Coca-Cola (2016-2018, contracted through Out of Hand Theater)
  Provided aerial, stilt walking, clowning, and puppetry entertainment.
• The Imperial Opa Circus (2014-2016)
  Performed for corporate events and festivals with aerial dance, stilt walking, and live music.

4. Acting, Musician & Composition Credits

• Composition
  • Withdrawal (July 2024) – Original cello-driven score for film.
  • True North by Lee Nowell (March 2024) – Composer and music director
  • Cello-Matic at ARTICA (Oct 2021) – Created and performed original cello compositions.
  • Lucy Juggles A performance of Circus, Self and Other (Nov 2021)- composed original musical score
  • True North by Lee Nowell (2020) – Composer and soundscape design for theatrical short film
• Theater credits (acting and musician)
  • The Last Days of Judas Iscariot , Cats Cradle Theatre (2021) – Actor, “Loretta”
  • TIT, 7 Stages (2020) – Actor and composer, “Tamora”
  • Gimme Please , Alliance Theater for the Very Young (Dec 2019 – Feb 2020) – Cellist/Actor
  • The Followers, 7 Stages (2018) – Actor, “Tiresias” at 7 Stages Theatre
  • Threepenny Opera, 7 Stages(2016) – Cellist, accordionist, vocalist, and actor
  • From Head-to-Toe, Alliance Theater for the Very Young (Aug 2016- Jan 2017) – Cellist/Actor
  • The Navigator, 7 Stages Theatre (Oct 2013) – Musician
  • The Carolina Renaissance Festival (1997 – 2000) – cellist/actor

5. Recording Credits

• Seth Boulton
  • Underground (2005) – Cello
  • Seth Boulton and the Dream Machine (2007) – Keyboard and cello
• Jared Allan and Co.
  • Live recordings (2007 – 2010) – cello
• Andy the Doorbumb
  • Art is Shit (2009) – cello
• Buschovski
  • Buschovski (2008) – cello
• Nicolette Emanuelle
  • Pinafore (2008) – songwriter, piano, cello and vocals

6. Awards and Recognition

• National Endowment for the Arts Grant (2024) – What Are You? stage production.
• Art on the Atlanta Beltline Artist (2021-2022) – Outdoor production of What Are You?
• Suzi Bass Awards – Nomination for The Followers ensemble (2017/2018); Outstanding New Work for From Head-to-Toe (2016/2017).

7. Skills

• Musician: Cello, piano, accordion, vocals, composition
• Performance Arts: Aerial arts (instruction, choreography), clowning, comedic burlesque, stilt walking
• Technical Skills: Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, basic puppetry, sketch writing, costume design

8. Training and Courses

• Music: Nan Kemberling, Willard Ray (cello)
• Aerial Arts: Various instructors including Shannon McKenna and Emiliano Ron
• Professional Development: C4 Hatch Training Intensive, Launch Code Data Analyst