Nicole Prefontaine was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. She trained in various styles of ballet, contemporary and character dancing since the age of 9. At age 14, she received a scholarship to train at the San Francisco Ballet School in the USA, under the direction of Patrick Armand. During those years, she performed George Balanchine’s Serenade, as well as company productions of Nutcracker and Coppelia. Following graduation in San Francisco, she joined a company in Montréal, touring across Quebec as a professional dancer. 

Nicole graduated with distinction from the Canada’s National Ballet School’s Teacher Training (Dip) Program and was awarded the Betty Oliphant Award. She holds her Registered Teaching Status with the Royal  Academy of Dance and has obtained her Solo Seal.

She has pursued additional professional development through workshops at the American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York City, Boston Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet School, Nacho Duato's Academy in Madrid, Dance for Parkinson’s Disease with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and Dance for Dementia with Canada’s National Ballet School and Baycrest Hospital. 

Fun facts about me: 

Dream job as a kid: My dream job when I was young was to become a dancer.

Favourite travel destination: A couple years ago, I visited Copenhagen, Denmark and since then, it has been my favourite travel destination.

Bucket list item: Currently, one of the many things on my bucket list is to choreograph a full ballet.