Nancy Turano

Nancy Turano is a Luna Negra honorary Latina choreographer.  She received her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase in 1985.  She is founder and co-artistic director of the Millennium Project with Niles Ford.  She has also been the artistic director of New Jersey Theater Ensemble since 1994, and is co-director of the newly founded Harkness Youth Ballet.  Turano performed as a principal dancer with Ballet Hispanico from 1985 to 1994.  She was rehearsal director for Ballet Hispanico and a faculty member of the school for 13 years.  Since 1994 she has been directing and choreographing for dance, theater and opera in both the United States and Europe.  Turano is a recipient of a 1998 Harkness Foundation Dance Grant, and has received awards from the Arnhold Foundation and Istituto Italiano in 1999 and 2000.

Nancy's Carmen Act 1 was performed by Luna Negra for the first time in 2001.

"A stunning piece, danced with knocked-out force"
- Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times