Nicole Billow

Nicole Messina Billow has taught tap and jazz for more than 25 years. Her professional career as a dancer got started after she competed in the 1999 Miss America pageant. She was a top 10 finalist and preliminary talent winner for her tap dancing. After that, she traveled as a professional dancer/actress for the next couple of years. She performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, in shows at the Harris and Showboat Casinos in Atlantic City and in Morgan Stanley’s Worldwide Talent Search at the Marquis Theater on Broadway.

Nicole traveled in a national tour called Absolut Tap which was choreographed by Aaron Tolson. She appeared in commercials, TV and film, and as a guest host on QVC until she eventually decided to focus on choreography and teaching. Most recently she has developed a following on TikTok (Nicoletapz) and Instagram where she shares tips, tricks, tutorials and tap combos. Nicole is the mom to 3 talented kids who have state, regional, national and world titles in martial arts and gymnastics.