Nicole Coco Liboiron

Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Nicole ‘Coco’ Liboiron is an educational consultant and a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Education in Language & Literacy.
Coco became a member of the Royal Academy of Dancing in 1972. At age 15 she demonstrated for Dame Ninette de Valois’ teacher-training courses at the Royal Academy (London England). Her extensive training includes classical ballet, jazz, modern ballet ,and mime. She studied with Julia Faron and David Blair, Royal Ballet Rochelle Zide-Booth and Richard Gibson, Joffrey Ballet;Finis Jung, Harkness Ballet; Eva von Gensky, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal; Edward Desoto, Limon Company and received a full scholarship at Harkness Ballet in NYC. Coco danced at Les Ballets Russes de Montreal under the direction of Mischa Berkut and became an independent dancer and choreographer in 1980. She has extensive teaching experience locally, nationally, and internationally including Canada, China, and Peru.