Niki Saludez

Christian "Niki" Saludez (he/they) is a performer, choreographer, and creative based in New York City. With over 10 years of dance and performance experience, Niki pulls from his training in street style foundations, hip hop choreography, and freestyle, as well as contemporary dance to create works that challenge and expand the dancer's body, mind, and spirit, all while providing his students with a diverse, well-rounded, and foundational dance education.

Working with artists such as Don Diablo and Katy Perry, to being a member of CLOUDE.NYC (founded and run by Emily Greenwell) and tedted Performance Group (founded and run by Teddy Tedholm), Niki's pulls from different realms/ideas of movement and career experience to teach his students the art of performance and expression, on stage or on camera.

Prioritizing safety, inclusion, and positive education, Niki always works to create and facilitate a safe space where students feel comfortable challenging themselves physically and mentally, but also where they can explore themselves and the world around them through a creative perspective. He helps others find their voice as an artist, but more importantly as a human.

Dancing and training at BDC for years, Niki is grateful to join as faculty and share with the Broadway Dance Center Children and Teen Program.