TWINHEAD DANCE is a two-person dance company dedicated to uplifting and sustaining contemporary dance in Buffalo, NY. Since our inception in 2024, TwinHead Dance has performed original work in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. TwinHead Dance was founded by performance artists Michaela "M" Neild and Nancy Hughes in response to a lack of infrastructure in support of contemporary dance in Buffalo, New York. Through this company, we aim to create more spaces and opportunities for the ongoing creation of new contemporary dance works, both for ourselves and for our broader dance community, through performance and production, educational workshops, and annual community works-in-progress showings.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
TwinHead will make our Buffalo debut on May 1, 2026 for First Friday at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. ​TwinHead will perform our first site-adaptive rendition of "If She Is The Storm, Is She Also The Shelter," directed by Nancy Hughes, in the sculpture court of AKG, responding in real time to the surrounding artworks, environment, and audience.​
Location: Sculpture Court, Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Duration: 15 minutes
Show Times: 12:30 PM, 1:00 PM, 6:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Cost: Free​
MEET THE TWINHEADS
MICHAELA "M" NEILD
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M (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, dance educator, movement coach, and nonprofit professional based in Buffalo, NY. As an independent artist, M is engaged with improvisation and multidisciplinary investigation, community-building, seeking liberation through storytelling, and the sharing of space. When M isn't performing or choreographing, they can be found working behind the scenes as a freelance grant writer and program manager for arts nonprofits and independent artists. In these roles, M aims to build infrastructures that open doors for who gets to participate in dance, who gets to watch dance, and how dance happens.
NANCY HUGHES
Nancy Hughes is a choreographer and performer based in Buffalo, NY, creating movement-based work for stage, theater, and site-specific environments. Her choreography has been presented across the United States and commissioned by organizations including the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Just Buffalo Literary Center and University at Buffalo. She is a recipient of support from NYS DanceForce and the New York State Council on the Arts.Her work includes choreography for plays and musicals such as The Full Monty and Stupid $%&! Bird*, as well as a commissioned project with the Self-Advocacy Association of NYS that premiered at Ujima Company, Inc. Theater in 2023. She coordinated the Global Underscore for eight years and teaches at Lisa Taylor Academy of Ballet and Alfred University.
FOR BOOKING + INFO CONTACT TWINHEADDANCE@GMAIL.COM
TwinHead Dance is a fiscally sponsored project of Arts Services Inc.