dance arts center is a maximalist, genre-bending music and performance project by Los Angeles-based artist Nicolette Norgaard. Driven by dance music and rooted in storytelling, DAC is where club meets theater, and the performer’s soul meets the producer’s toolkit.


dance arts center was born from a double-blow of disruption: the 2023 SAG/WGA strikes and a breakup. Reeling and creatively restless, Norgaard and her best friend (and frequent collaborator) Sara Silva sublet an apartment in NYC and decided to focus on making music for a month. That summer became a period of reflection and experimentation with sound and identity. When Silva returned to her acting career, Norgaard took the project forward solo, producing the songs and shaping them into something bigger: an immersive, character-driven universe where dance music and narrative storytelling collide.