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REBEL IN VENUS
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Marissa Alma Nick is a Miami-based choreographer-turned-author who released her debut novel Rebel In Venus in the spring of 2023. The book was initially published via BookBaby (self-publishing) on April 7, 2023, with a official launch around late May 2023. Rebel In Venus is a queer feminist drama inspired by Nick’s personal experiences: it follows two best friends over the course of one intense “girl’s night in,” as buried traumas and truths come to light. The story grapples with heavy themes – sexual assault, mental health struggles, abuse, Me Too-era reflections – yet ultimately delivers a message of healing, solidarity, and empowerment. Nick has described the novel as a “biomythography,” blending fiction with autobiographical elements and social commentary. Drawing on her background in dance and performance art, she originally conceived Rebel In Venus as a stage show years prior, and transformed it into a novel during the turmoil of 2020 when a knee injury and personal tragedy sidelined her dance career. As a queer woman, survivor, and mental health advocate, Marissa Alma Nick imbued the book with an authentic perspective on trauma and resilience, aiming to reassure readers (especially young women) that they are not alone and should not live in shame.
ALMA DANCE THEATER
Alma Dance Theater is a female-centric performing group, created and directed by Marissa Alma Nick, and voted BEST DANCE COMPANY of 2018 in the Miami New Times. The company was deemed "provocative, intelligent & unexpected" by the New Times, and as "the freshest dance troupe in Miami" by the Huffington Post. ​Alma Dance Theater was founded by Marissa Alma Nick in the fall of 2014. The company premiered its first official performance for the Miami Design District, AND their site-specific commission for the show “Transpositions: Over Many Miles”, activating the work of visual artist Paula Crown. Since its establishment, ALDT has made its mark on the cultural arts scene that is Miami, and has been gratefully supported by their hometown. The company has been awarded a Knight Arts Award ; presented through The Pentacle Gallery at the American Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) ; performed at Faena Art Forum, Faena Theater, Fashion Fights Cancer, Art Basel Miami and Dance USA ; commissioned by visual artists Amanda Season, Magnus Sodamin, Alejandro Guzman, Christina Pettersson ; and ALDT has successfully self produced multiple theatrical main stages, site-specific immersive performances and screendances.
CREATIVE BACKGROUND & OTHER PROJECTS
Marissa Alma Nick is a native of Miami Beach, and received a high school degree from the New World School of the Arts (2003) and received her BFA in Dance-Performance from the University of South Florida (2007), as well as continuing her education through the Creative Capital Professional Development Program (2016 - 2019). Her practices include choreographing and directing for live and immersive dance-theater, writing books and screenplays, and directing screen-dances (specific dance-for-camera projects). In 2015, Marissa established her own dance performance company, Alma Dance Theater, which has produced four full-length live and immersive shows in Miami, Florida: “Flowers” (2015), “Cask”(2018), “Rebel In Venus”(2020), and most recently, her adaptation of “Giselle” (2022); as well as collaborating with notable Miami, Florida venues like Showfields Miami (2021), Faena (2019 - 2022), Vizcaya (2019), and Perez Art Museum Miami (2017 - 2023). Marissa was also the original founding Artistic Director of Screendance Miami, under the direction of Mary Luft and Tigertail Miami (2014 - 2016), and she is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami's, Musical Theater Department (2020 - 2021); as well as a guest choreographer at Nova University (2018, 2019), and a guest instructor at Miami Dade Community College (2015 - 2017). And in 2023 Marissa’s published her first novel. , REBEL IN VENUS,.