Anthony "Ay-Jaye" Nelson Jr. is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in Durham, NC. He has over 10 years of dance training and experience in styles including ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, and musical theater. Nelson has taught dance at various schools and centers since 2011. He is currently on faculty at Bellan Contemporary School of the Arts, teaching contemporary movement. Nelson's past performance highlights include demonstrating African American cultural arts at a 2015 festival and competing in Beyoncé Knowles' "Dance for a Chance" contest in 2013.

1. Anthony Otto Nelson, Jr.
Anthony.nelson1194@gmail.com
A n t h o n y " A y - J a y e " N e l s o n J r .
Anthony.nelson1194@gmail.com | 919.768.2329
CareerHighlights
2015 AfricanAmericanCulturalArts Festival Performance Demonstration
2013 Pepsi Dance Challenge – Beyoncé Knowles “Dance for aChance”
2011 Hillside High SchoolDancer ofthe Year
Teaching Experience
Contemporary Movement, Bellan Contemporary Schoolofthe Arts (BCSA), August
2015- Present
HillsideDanceI, II, III/ AdvanceClass Teaching Assistant, Hillside High SchoolDance
Department, September 2014- November2014
HillsideDanceCompany/ STINGAssistantCoach, Hillside High SchoolDance
Department, September 2014-November2014
DanceI T.A(Teaching Assistant), Hillside High SchoolDance Department, August 2011
– June 2012
Volunteer DanceInstructor (Ages 10-17), HoltonCareer and ResourceCenter, October
2011– July 2013
Dance Training and Experience
Intermediate Ballet | NickiMiller, 9th
Street Dance 2015
--AmericanDance Festival -- Fall 2014
Int./ Adv. Release Technique | Leah Wilks
Int./ Adv. Modern Technique | Renay Aumiler
--Broadway Dance Center(New York, NY) - 2013
Int./ Adv. Ballet | Jamie Salmon
Contemporary Jazz| Shelly Hutchinson
--NorthCarolinaDance Alliance 2012-13
Modern | GaspardLouis

2. Continuous Modern | Heidi Echols
HortonModern Dance Technique |
Site-specificChoreography | SaraTarek
Ballet for ContemporaryDancers | Anjanee Bell, Bellan ContemporarySchoolofthe Arts
(Durham, NC) – 2012
Hip-Hop | Anthony & Antwon(ABDCJungle Boogie), (Durham, NC) - 2012
Ballet | 9th
Street Dance (Durham, NC) – 2010-11
Musical TheaterPerformance
"The Wiz" SpringMusical2012— Broadway Jazz
"Fame The Musical" Fall 2010— Ballet & Broadway Jazz
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" SpringMusical2010— Broadway Jazz
"High SchoolMusical" Winter 2009— Broadway Jazz
"The Story: AfricanAmericans Who made aDifference" Fall Musical 2009— Liturgical Dance
Dance Theatre Performance
"Hillside High SchoolAnualSpringDance Concert" Spring2010, 2011, 2012, 2013— Various
Styles including Contemporary/ Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, andContemporary Ballet
"Stargaze" HighSchoolChoreo Collective; Hosted by Hillside High School — Fall 2010, 2011,
2012
"Hillside High SchoolStudent Choreography Concert" Winter 2011,2012

3. Chris Grant, Choreographer andDancer for Beyonce Knowles
New York, NY
Nicole Oxendine, Dance Director Hillside High School
3727 Fayetteville St
Durham, NC 27707
Anjanee Bell, Director BellanContemporaryDance Theater
POBox 13544
RTP, NC27709
(919) 641-7106
bellancdt@gmail.com
www.bellanarts.org
Lisa Wilder, Dance Director SoutheastRaleighHighSchool
21 Greenway Drive
Clayton, NC 27520
(919) 599-1862
lwilder@wcpss.net