A Detroit native, graduated from The California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelors of fine Arts in dance. She received additional training at the California State Summer School of the Arts, Wayne State University, and as an exchange student at the London Contemporary Dance School in England.
Ms. Ray has performed with Walt Disney World Entertainment, Christopher and Friends directed by Christopher Huggins, the Lula Washington Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II and the Zadonu African Dance Company. She has worked with noted choreographers such as Donald Mckayle, Diane McIntyre, Christopher Huggins, Alonzo King, Donald Bird and Camille Brown. She has also taught and set choreography on Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, and the Milwaukee Dance Connection. Ms. Ray was a featured choreographer for the Tenth annual Choreographers Choice Series in Dallas; and her work premiered in Vienna’s 2003 International Black Dance Festival. She accompanied Dr. Chuck Davis, as an invited guest, during his annual pilgrimage to Africa, and is a Masters of fine Arts candidate and has been a teaching Assistant at Texas Woman’s University. She is very involved in the community as an individual and as a member of Delta Sigma Theta. She is a community outreach instructor and the director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Summer Intensive program. Nycole is the past director of Bloom, Dallas Black Dance Academy’s Performing Ensemble, and now serves as the Director for Dallas Black Dance Theatre II. This marks her thirteenth season with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre.