CHOREOGRAPHER Heather has been setting works for dance and musical theatre since 1999, upon her return to The States from Paris. She has choreographed and staged dances for children, adults, fellow dance students, and has created solos for herself. Heather's love of theatre and story-telling is apparent in both her choreography style and her musical compositions. She has composed music for dance including one full 5-Act ballet and several multi-movement Performance Art pieces. Heather has studied; Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Improv, Hula, Tahitian Dance, and Native American Dance styles. She is currently exploring dance, choreography, and praise through Liturgical Dance. Choreography The Nutcracker Suite Choreographed Tchaikovsky's ''The Nutcracker' Suite" for performance by selected dancers from The Jamul School of Dance. The dancing served to compliment the presentation of a choral and orchestral arrangement of Tchaikovsky's suite sung by The San Diego Festival Chorus. The chorus and the San Diego Festival Orchestra presented the suite as well as Saint-Saen's 'Christmas Oratorio' in their 2004 Winter Concerts. The performances were presented in San Diego, CA under the direction of maestro Tony Mostardo. Clara's Dream * Choreographed and created the text for Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' set as a ballet-play called "Clara's Dream" at the request of The Willheim Otto Schmidt Theatre in San Diego, CA The production featured dancers from The Jamul School of Dance, Jamul, CA. Actress, dancer, and choreographer Regina Roetzheim stared as 'Clara'. Swing Scene (Act I) Nutcracker * Choreographed a swing dance scene for The Hartford Conservatory's annual production of Duke Ellington's 'jazz' version of ''The Nutcracker', Presented at St. Joseph's College, Hartford, CT featuring dancers from the local swing dance community. Original Works Choreographed various dance or dance-theatre pieces to my own music during college and actively improvised at various performances... Including performances at; The Hartt School of Music The University of Hartford The Hartford Conservatory Saint Joseph's College The Charter Oak Cultural Center Candy Horses (A magic carousel comes to life and dances- for pointe) The Mascara Massacre 6 scenes of multi-media feminist commentary (Modern) * Savage Inequalities Several scenes about poor public schools (Modern) * based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Kozol The Weather Wheel (for mixed contemporary chamber ensemble) Musicians were asked to sing, act, read poetry, use several costumes and props and were lead by a conductor/actor and additional actor as 2nd weather forecasting reporter) moving through the stage and audience... Twilight A magical forest filled with fairies comes to life one night... (Ballet/Mod.) The Laundry Machine An array of dancing laundry celebrates life and takes over the local laundry-mat. (Uses trampoline - Modern/Gymnastics)) Mov't III from Dance Suite No. 1 (Solo- for pointe) + Various Children's Dances (choreographed for The Hartford Conservatory) Music created for Choreographers: Linda's Waltz (for a ballet recital- scene with pas-de-deux and ensemble- pointe) Improv- piano music for T.J. Hudspeth and other dancer/choreographers of The Hartford Conservatory and Footnotes Dance Theatre... Dance Suite No. I "The Marlena Suite" A three movement orchestral suite created for Hartt School dance major, Marlena. A collaborative project between The Hartt School of Music's Composition and Dance Departments. Dance Style- Balanchine- for 6 dancers, pointe. I. Moderate II. Adagio (Pas de deux) III. Allegro Dance Heather studied dance for three years in The Hartford Conservatory's Dance Diploma Program and took additional dance courses through their Community Division. She earned a certificate in Dance Performance and Pedagogy from the school, which features an intensive program with an emphasis on ballet, modern, improv, and choreography. She also studied pointe, jazz and tap. Outside of school, in the thriving Greater Hartford Swing dance scene, she studied swing dance as a 'Swing Monkey', learning and eventually teaching and performing East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop. While in Hartford, she performed through the Conservatory's Diploma and Community divisions at various recitals and performances. Her dual dance internships included study and performances with Footnotes Dance Theatre Company and The Stafford Ballet, with whom she danced several solos on pointe in their 2003 production of 'The Nutcracker'. In December 2005, Heather appeared as a maid in Act I of 'The Nutcracker', presented by Ballet Hawaii at The Blaisdell Theatre. Hawaii Heather gave her first performance of hula in Hartford, CT in March, 2006. She returned to CT for 'The Annual Women Composers Concert', which featured 'Aloha 'Oe' by Queen Liliuokalani. She presented this hula at the concert with great honor as it had been specifically set for her and for this performance by her kumu, at Windward Community College, Oahu. While in Hartford, Heather offered a presentation and class on hula and Hawaiian culture to the dance students of The Hartford Conservatory's Diploma Program. She strives to bring an appreciation of Hawaiian music, culture, and dance to people in CT and looks forward to a continued exchange next March. In 2006, Heather gave her first performance of Tahitian Dance by appearing with Mehetia Productions in a recent fund-raising event. The group presented many dances as entertainment for a charity Luau. At Girl Fest Hawaii 2006, Heather danced two scenes set to her own music from 'The Mascara Massacre' at a local artistic venue- The Art's At Mark's Garage. October 2006- Heather appeared at Hawaii State Art Museum as part of Co-Lab's dancing response to the new exhibit; "Precious Resources: The Land and The Sea". This was her first performance with this new 'experimental dance collective'. October 2006 Heather collaborated as Modern-Improv dancer for roles as a tree and bird in "How the Kiwi Bird Lost it's Wings", choreographed by dancer, Erszi Palko & based on Maori myth. Workshops Heather has offered workshops on Native dance, Polynesian dance, and Swing Liturgical Dance 2007 - 2009 Farmington, CT Special Lenten Services 2010 Founded Lorton Liturgical Dancers, a dance ministry of Pohick Church, Lorton, VA Learn about Lorton Liturgical Dancers and upcoming dances. |
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