Heidi latsky biography

An activist, performance artist, poet and scholar.
HEIDIY LATSKY (Artistic Director /Choreographer / Performer), originally from Montreal, first received recognition as a celebrated principal dancer for the Bill.
HEIDI LATSKY, originally from Montreal, began her dance career in 1983, most significantly as a principal dancer for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

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WE VALUE

Founder / Artistic Director
Heidi Latsky

Managing Director
Claude-Andree Louissaint

Chief Company Administrator
Amelia Whitney

Social Media Coordinator
Louisa Mann

ON DISPLAY GLOBAL Manager
Christina Briggs

Rehearsal Directors
Meredith Fages + Jillian Hollis

Education Director
Beth Navon

Board of Directors
Jeremy Alliger
Quemuel Arroyo
Stephen E. Jones
Heidi Latsky
Alissa Levin
Eve Mykytyn
Jo Recht
Ann Sweeney
Greg Youdan

Artistic Advisory Board
Miranda Applebaum
Michele Kumi Bear
Sean Curran
Martha Clarke
Lisa Gennaro
Bill T. Jones
Simi Linton
Lawrence Carter-Long
Kathleen Marshall
Rayna Rapp
Jay O. Sanders
Stewart Schulman
Frank Wood
Rosa Weinberg

Disability Advisory Board
Jenna Bainbridge
Anita Hollander
George Gallego
Grace Jerry
Annette Simms
Judith Smith

Accessibility | Company Voices | Collaboration

Heidi Latsky Dance disrupts space, dismantles normal, and redefines beauty and virtuosity through innovative performance and discourse. Dedicated to reflecting the true diverse nature of

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DANCERS

CURRENT COMPANY

HEIDI LATSKY (Artistic Director) Read full biography here.

JEFFREY FREEZE (Associate Director) began his career as a Muppet, touring with Sesame Street Live, and moving on to a Broadway debut in Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' and a film debut in "Dirty Dancing." Since arriving in New York in 1996, Freeze has worked with multiple companies, serving as both a choreographer and principal dancer for Infinity Dance Theater and, since 2003, the Associate Director and principal dancer for HLD.

BRYNT BEITMAN is from Dallas, Texas. Before going on to graduate from The Julliard School, he was nominated for Presidential Scholar in the Arts by the NFAA. He has danced with TAKE Dance, Nicholas Andre Dance, Bruce Wood Dance Project, New York Baroque Dance Company, and Texas Ballet Theater. His own works have been shown in NYC, Montreal, and Varna, Bulgaria. He is happy to have joined HLD in April 2013.

MEREDITH FAGES has performed with Armitage Gone! Dance, Alexandra Beller/Dances, Monica Bill Bar

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Heidi Latsky

HEIDIY LATSKY (Artistic Director /Choreographer / Performer), originally from Montreal, first received recognition as a celebrated principal dancer for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (1987-1993). Since then she has been a choreographer for stage, theater and film. Latsky has a BA in Psychology with Honors from Carleton University (1979). There, she received the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement and The Ottawa Ladies College Scholarship. Other awards include the Scripps/ADF Primus-Tamaris Fellowship for Choreography and the McGinnis Lectureship Award from Point Park College.

In 1996, she was chosen to represent Canada at the Suzanne Dellal International Dance Competition in Tel Aviv and at Danse a Lille, France. Latsky has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe with her own company and as part of Goldhuber & Latsky (with former partner Lawrence Goldhuber). Her choreography has been commissioned by the Cannes International Dance Festival, The American Dance Festival, Danspace P