NICOLE GRANDSTRAND

Nicole Grandstrand graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1992 with a BA degree in Dance.  There she studied extensively with Barbara Barker, Judith Brinlingber, Maria Cheng and David Voss.  She performed in Paul Taylor’s, Esplanade, and Bill T. Jones’, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  Nicole joined Minneapolis based Vox Medusa Dance Company in 1995, performing, Jane Doe, at various Twin Cities’ venues.  Her time with Vox Medusa Dance Company has give her performance opportunities at such venues as The Space, The Loring, Nikki’s, The Stone Arch Festival, The Lounge, First Avenue, O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, The Basilica of St. Mary and the Panteges Theater.  In 2000, Nicole danced the title role in Vox Medusa’s production of, Cleopatra:  Ambitious Child.  After a two-year hiatus to give birth to her second child and recover from a stroke suffered shortly thereafter, Nicole resumed her work with Vox Medusa in 2002.  Nicole’s amazing recovery was a featured article in Twin Cities Magazine. Nicole currently dances the role of the Water Goddess in Vox Medusa’s production of Trancendance and also acts as the company’s rehearsal director.  She lives in St. Paul with her husband and two sons, Oliver and Mercer.