Nellie Bethel Rainey is a Copenhagen-born dancer, choreographer, and stage director. At 18, she moved to the United States, where she spent 15 years building an international career before returning to Copenhagen.
As a performer, Nellie has worked with artists including Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Mýa, Dan + Shay, Meghan Trainor, Demi Lovato, Kanye West, Fergie, and Shaggy. She has appeared in major productions and live events including the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, The X Factor, Eurovision Song Contest, America's Got Talent, and The Masked Singer. She also spent six years performing in Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil.
Today, Nellie works primarily as a choreographer and stage director across theater, concerts, music videos, and commercial productions, bringing together her experience in commercial dance and theatrical performance.
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Choreography
Askepot/Cinderella The Musical 2026 / Lion Musicals Dir. Thomas Agerholm
Olivia The musical 2026/ Østre Gasværk theater/ Dir. Thomas Agerholm
Cirkusrevyen 2026 / Dir. Joy-Maria Frederiksen
Cirkusrevyen 2025 / Joy-Maria Frederiksen
Cirkusrevyen 2024 / Dir. Joy-Maria Frederiksen
Alt er Ferpekt, Riddersalen / Choreography and co-direction, Vicky Berlin og Sofie Stougaard
Ankerstjerne Tour 2026
Cirkus Summarum 2025 / DIr. Birgitte Næss-Schmidt
We Will Rock You The Musical 2025/ Lion Musicals
Ankerstjerne Tour 2025
Bodyguard The Musical, Oslo 2024 / associate choreographer, Dir. Lisa Kent, Thomas Agerholm
Wallmans Copenhagen 2025 / Dir. Johan Espeland
Wallmans Copenhagen 2024 / Dir. Johan Espeland
Wallmans Copenhagen 2023 / Dir. Johan Espeland
Wallmans Copenhagen 2022 / Dir. Johan Espeland
RoxStar, Las Vegas 2023 / Live Redesigned
LEVI'S X ZALANDO fashion show Berlin 2023/ Unpopular Creative, Denis We
Askepot/Cinderella The Musical 2023 / Lion Musicals
The Masked Singer Denmark / Dir Vicky Leander BLU
Pretty Woman The Musical 2022 / Dir. Heinrich Christensen, Lion Musicals
Alyson Stoner "Woman" Music Video
Artist work/
Jennifer Lopez
Bad Bunny
Will.I.Am
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Beyoncé
Demi Lovato
Lil Jon
Shaggy
Natalie La Rose
Fergie
Mya
Fifth Harmony
Yandel
Meghan Trainor
Jordin Sparks
Jojo
Jody Watley
Snap!
Pentatonix
Sevyn Streeter
John Legend
Alicia Keys
Neyo
Kanye West
Dan and Shay
Fat Joe
Sofia Carson
Katy Tiz
Fleur East
and more.
Dance work
Theater and Stage/
Cirque Du Soleil “MJ One” - Las Vegas
Jennifer Lopez “All I Have” Las Vegas residency
Jennifer Lopez “Its My Party” world tour
Porcelain Black on Lil Wayne "I Am Music" tour
The Bodyguard musical (DC and ascociate choreographer)
Grease the musical
The Junglebook musical
The girl with the red shoes
Shrek the musical
JoJo promo tour
The Nutcracker Hiphop version
History of the streets
Cirkusrevyen
Iluminate
Television/
“Dans I Blodet” documentary 2019 /Danish television TV2 Play
SuperBowl Half time, Superbowl saturday,
Formula 1 opening ceremony 2024 Las Vegas
Masked Singer Denmark (Choreography)
Xfactor UK, US and DK, Americas Got Talent,
Billboards, Latin Billboards, VMA’s, AMA’s,
Latin AMA’s, The Late Show with David Letterman, American Idol, Eurovision,
DR Sportsgalla, Melodi Grand Prix, Vax Live, Denmark's got Talent 09,
East Los High Hulu series, Everybody Dance Now Holland, Telemundo Network, Sonic Burger commercial, World of Dance,
Carson Daly New Years, Grammys.
