V19 Daglig Träning/Daily Training
BALETT
Tis/Tue-Fre/Fri: 12:00-13:30
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Heather has a formation in dance with Arts Umbrella Youth Dance Company, L’Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec, and Banff Festival of the Arts in Canada. She danced professionally for 23 years with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Le Grands Théâtre de Genève(Switzerland), and Göteborgs Operans Danskompani (Sweden) and has performed internationally. She has worked with many choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Wim Vandekebus, Sabouro Teshigawara, Ohad Naharin, Ina Christel Johannesson, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Alex Ekman, Johan Inger, Jo Kanimori, Martin Forsberg, Crystal Pite among many others. Including freelance work with Fernando Melo, and Liberamae.
Her choreographic work has been presented at the Banff Festival of the Arts in Canada, Nudans, the Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival, Svenska Balettskolan, and the Schmiede Arts Festival in Austria, as well as creating set design for NDT choreographic workshop. She is presently teaching faculty and mentoring for Balettakademien Goteborg contemporary dance professional program.
She has been teaching Yoga (500h+Yoga Alliance) and somatic bodywork for over 14 years and is a certified Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist. (BCST/RCST®). She leads master classes/workshops for professional dancers/performers in Sweden, Europe and in Canada. She teaches professional classes at Regionteater Väst, Danscentrum Vast, and for summer programs such as: Inverso Summer intensive, Arts Umbrella Summer Program, Divertimento, and Royal Swedish Ballet. She has a passion to share her experiences through workshops/teaching and sees value in sharing artistic experience with all ages through dance. Something she holds close to heart, is her work with Dance for Parkinson’s.
IN CLASS My classes are open to all dancers, taking the language of ballet and approaching it from a more contemporary perspective. I like to play with dynamics and rhythms, but to also give space for each individual to find their own body within a sensory experience. I focus more on moving and shifting space as well as the connection of movement to breath. I try to create a class where each individual can tune into what your body needs for that day with inner awareness and play with musicality! Everyone is welcome.