Nancy Florene Hughes

Nancy Hughes is a choreographer, performer, producer, and educator working in site-specific performance, contemporary dance, and movement theater. Based in Buffalo since 2009, she is the founder of Center Mouvement and has presented work in theaters, galleries, and unconventional spaces across the U.S. Her choreography explores grief, intergenerational relationships, and physical storytelling. Recent works include This Grass is So Close to This Building and Grandma’s House (2024), and Waiting Room (2023), created in collaboration with artists with disabilities. She teaches dance and Pilates, and has held faculty positions at Alfred University and SUNY Brockport. A former Global Underscore coordinator, she has received support from NYSCA, NYS DanceForce, and ASI. Hughes is developing new projects with vertical dance artists for 2026 and continues to tour with a duet co-created with Michaela Nield, recently presented at APAP in NYC and WIP in Northampton, MA.