Tenzin Niles

Tenzin Niles is a born and raised New Yorker. He began his training at the School of American Ballet, as well as the Ailey School. Tenzin is also an alumni of MOVE|NYC|’s Young Professionals Program founded by Nigel Cambell and Chanel DaSilva. Tenzin is a freshman at the Juilliard School. In his freshman year he has worked with choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith, Michelle Dorrance, and Gianna Reisen, along with performing repertory work by Jose Limón. Tenzin is passionate about becoming an interdisciplinary dance artist.  

Volume 15: Got to be Real - Examining the Body as Text in Jennie Livingston’s Paris is Burning