Amber Nicole

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More highlights from Heart Space 🫠🫠🫠 Brought in my Solar Return STRONG surrounded by community and loved ones! I am so deeply inspired and full of sweet gratitude. This is the last year of my 3rd decade so I definitely wanted to create something super special. Let me tell you, it WAS! So much love to everyone 🖤✨🙏🏾

Episode 1 of a visual project series for 2023 🫠 🎥 Shot by the fabulous @iamexclusv thank you soo much! ✨🔥✨🔥 Song: "Let's Stick Together" - Minnie Riperton #dancereels #minnieriperton #dancevisual #oakland #bayarea

Preparing to call in the spirit guide I know as “The Navigator”—to be embodied by Afro-Indigenous dancer, choreographer, and performance artist Amber Julian @create.elevate —into Suga’. Get tix at suga26.eventbrite.com - link in bio! I have always felt the presence of The Navigator. A gentle push in the direction that’s meant for me. A voice speaking truth into me, so that I may recognize it. The Navigator carries the collective wisdom of my ancestors and serves as a bridge to the spirit plane. In Suga’, I call on the Navigator as I trace my journey toward truths found at the intersections of Blackness, queerness, and gender. The body of The Navigator is made of over 2500 individually attached braids. The labor of family and friends lovingly contributed to bring this form to life—itself a ritual of love, connection and community. The braids themselves invoking the archive of stories, lived experiences and multi-layered meanings held in Blackness centering braiding traditions both ancestral and contemporary. Suga’ opens May 29th East Side Arts Alliance 2277 International Blvd. Oakland Featuring: Co-creator/co-writer/director: Dazié Grego @daziegrego Movement/choreography + performance: Savannah Schmidt @tta_healing_studio Performance: Amber Julian @create.elevate TICKETS: suga26.eventbrite.com (link in bio!) $35 general admission, $15 discount admission Discount admission offered for increased accessibility. All tickets offer the same experience. No one turned away for lack of funds at the door. Seating first come first serve.

In honor of #InternationalDanceDay …. The world debut of my dance company, Onyx Dance Co with collaborators/members @tylee_elise & @_luminachi This is a small excerpt from our piece titled “Sacred Becoming” - an offering uplifting the Black femme experience, challenging stigmas around resilience, vulnerability, softness and grief. This work will continue to deepen and grow over this year and we will have a home season production by Fall/Winter. Stay tuned ✨ Choreography: Amber Julian in collaboration with dancers 🎶: “Deep End” - Fousheé, “Rain” - Nicole Bus 🎥: Joel Wanek Footage from LLD New Works Festival

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Come join us Saturday, April 26 at 2pm to celebrate our latest cohort of AIR Fellows with performances followed by a community reception! See you there! Free RSVP link in bio or at bit.ly/continuations2026 ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP Over 18 months, we support each artist with one-on-one mentorship, grant writing, professional development, and production, as they step into becomings leaders of the next generation. Fellows receive a generous stipend to assist with rising living costs in the Bay Area, while having the opportunity to interact with multiple generations of AIR artists and engage with community organizers through site visits shining light on the Asian American movement past and present.

I’m so excited to be teaching & performing for the THIRD time at the Queer Afro Latin Dance Festival (QALDF) this June 5–8, 2026 💜✨ This festival is truly something special—centering queer, trans, and allied dancers while honoring the roots and evolution of Afro Latin dance. It’s more than a dance event… it’s a space to connect, celebrate, and be fully yourself on and off the dance floor. Expect a full weekend of workshops, performances, social dancing, pool parties, and community vibes that go deep. ✨ Join me there and use my code AMBERNICOLE for $25 off your pass 🔗 queerafrolatindancefestival.com Let’s dance, connect, and celebrate together 🌈 #QALDF2026 #QueerAfroLatinDanceFestival

THIS WEEKEND!!! Lenora Lee Dance, Asian Improv aRts & API Cultural Center present LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival Friday, April 10, 2026 at 8pm Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 8pm Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3pm at Dance Mission Interdisciplinary dance works & film by choreographers from the Bay Area, NYC, and London, including Lynn Huang, Amber Julian, Flora Hyoin Kim (NYC), SanSan Kwan, Lenora Lee & Moyra Silva Rodríguez (London / Lima), Johnny Huy Nguyen, Catalina O’Connor, dazaun soleyn. As part of the company’s 18th anniversary, LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival amplifies and celebrates the interracial, intercultural perspectives that are richly unique to the choreographers and their experiences, the communities they are a part of, and to the diversity of their Chinese, African, Korean, Peruvian, Vietnamese, and Mexican ancestries. Through this festival, a collective of experiences bridge past and present, uncover family histories and cultural inheritance, examine the aftermath of death, war and forced displacement, and heal bodies burdened by generational trauma. @lenoraleedance @kwansansan @create.elevate @dazaun_s @johnny.huy.nguyen @catalina_oconnor @lynnxspirals 🎟️ DanceMissionTheater (.) org

Amber Julian, choreographer for “Sacred Becoming” in New Works Festival speaks about her work and shares her visions and goals for her dance company Onyx! Come support Onyx - @create.elevate , @_luminachi and @tylee_elise at New Works Festival, Next weekend! . LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival @dancemissiontheater Friday, April 10, 2026 at 8pm Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 8pm Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3pm Ticket link in bio * Curated by Lenora Lee Choreographers: @lynnxspirals @create.elevate @floflokim @kwansansan @johnny.huy.nguyen @catalina_oconnor @dazaun_s Dance / Performance Collaborators: @nicoleadel @jordon3d , @rosie.datermerton @clairelle @lilysummergee @rayyyychel @nodeathnomagic @_luminachi @tatianna.st @tylee_elise @nodeathnomagic Filmmakers: Lenora Lee & @moyra_silva Light Design: Harry Rubeck Presented by LLD, @asian.improvarts & @apicc_sf #dance#sfdance#onyx#femme#dancefestival

What a vibe!!!🔥 Thank you Amber @create.elevate for such a fun House dance workshop today!! 😍 Don’t miss her next workshop on Saturday, May 2 from 2-3:30pm at In lak’ech Dance Studios in Oakland! Link in bio via Humanitix. #inlakechdance #house #oakland #bayarea

LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival Choreographer Spotlight: Amber Julian (Onyx) @create.elevate Amber Julian is an Afro-Indigenous multi-disciplinary performance artist, choreographer, educator, mentor, and community organizer dedicated to exploring themes of identity, gender, social justice activism, and ancestral wisdom. Onyx is an all-Black, femme dance collective rooted in traditions such as Hip Hop, Afrofusion, and House, led by choreographer Amber Julian. Onyx honors healing, ancestry, and Black visibility, blending tender and powerful expressions to embody the radical act of being fully seen. . Her work “Sacred Becoming“ explores Black femme visibility in Black dance forms and the radical power of vulnerability. We cannot wait to present what Onyx has been working on! Check out our program and get your ticket via link in our bio! Photos by Empyrean Visuals . LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival @dancemissiontheater Friday, April 10, 2026 at 8pm Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 8pm Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3pm Ticket link in bio * Curated by Lenora Lee Choreographers: @lynnxspirals @create.elevate @floflokim @kwansansan @johnny.huy.nguyen @catalina_oconnor @dazaun_s Dance / Performance Collaborators: @nicoleadel @jordon3d , @rosie.datermerton @clairelle @lilysummergee @rayyyychel @nodeathnomagic @_luminachi @tatianna.st @tylee_elise Filmmakers: Lenora Lee & @moyra_silva Light Design: Harry Rubeck Presented by LLD, @asian.improvarts & @apicc_sf #dance#sanfrancisco#sfdance#dancer#creativity