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Artist Spotlight: Colleen Loverde

At Heidi Duckler Dance, we value artists who help make site-specific work come to fruition. Today, we are shining the spotlight on Colleen Loverde. Colleen has been dancing with Heidi…
Heidi Duckler
January 24, 2024
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We’re hiring!

We're looking for a Marketing Coordinator and a Programs Director to join our team! Full job descriptions and application process are in the links below. Marketing Coordinator Programs Director Please…
Heidi Duckler
April 5, 2023
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Fostering up, not just out

Read about our Foster Up program and Dr. Kerry English MLK Jr. Outpatient Center Creative Fellowship in this article by Ann Haskins for the LA Dance Chronicle! Read more here!
Heidi Duckler
August 18, 2020
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news: our feature in Dance Plug!

We were recently featured in the article titled "Site-Specific Choreography: Let's Think Outside Of The Box" by Adrienne Elion on Dance Plug! The piece touches on site-specific choreography and its…
Heidi Duckler
July 28, 2020
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Witnessing a State of Emergency

Read Associate Artistic Director and ESCAPE dancer Himerria Wortham’s journal entries from her experience in Chile. Our first day in Valdivia, Chile was in retrospect untelling of what we were…
Heidi Duckler
June 4, 2020
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Underway sneak peek!

We are honored to present Underway as a part of LA Opera's Eurydice Found Festival. The countywide celebration re-imagines the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with a focus on…
Heidi Duckler
February 26, 2020
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We got the grants!

We were recently awarded over $250k in grants by the California Arts Council! The California Arts Council announced a grant award of $150,000 to Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) as part…
Heidi Duckler
June 24, 2019
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Move Well @ MLK

As the education and engagement director I get to interact and learn about communities all across Los Angeles. In 2019-2020 HDD became the first Los Angeles dance company in history…
Heidi Duckler
April 17, 2019
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We Quacked the Code!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXa2kbqkZ3o “HDD has acquired two interns for summer 2018 through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission! We are excited to have Jonathan and Geneva as our Program Management Intern and…
Heidi Duckler
July 5, 2018
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Dancing on Ampersands

Ever visit Target in Westfield Culver City and stop dead in your tracks thinking Is that a huge, purple question mark lying on its side? It is, and who can…
Heidi Duckler
May 2, 2017
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COMING SOON: Choreography Workshop

Whether you're a serious site-specific dancer, or a mover looking to expand your repertoire, our upcoming choreography workshop, Animating the Landscape is sure to have something for you! Taught by…
Heidi Duckler
February 24, 2017
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2016 Review: Our best of times

While we're ten days into 2017, we haven't swept away our favorite moments from 2016. This week and next we'll recap some of our favorite accomplishments from last year. Today,…
Heidi Duckler
January 10, 2017
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Join the team!

Exciting news from Team Duckler! We're hiring! We're in search of a new Program Director. Is this you or someone you know? Position details are below. Please forward this announcement…
Heidi Duckler
December 19, 2016
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Of Kings and Ambassadors

On Saturday, October 8th, we opened When I Am King in Chinatown's King Hing Theater. Once a vibrant cinema, the now abandoned projector rooms, box office, and vast theatrical expanses…
Heidi Duckler
October 18, 2016
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Congratulations, Heidi Duckler!

Have you heard? Heidi won a Horton! This week, the Dance Resource Center (DRC) announced that it will honor our artistic director (and company namesake) Heidi Duckler with a 2016…
Heidi Duckler
June 14, 2016
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Postcards from Cuba

While access to internet is Cuba is limited, we're pleased to report we've received a few dispatches from our traveling colleagues. Here are a few images they've shared from their…
Heidi Duckler
April 6, 2016
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A Sign of the Times: Act One

Post by Allegra Padilla, Experience Director Antelope Valley is known for the beautiful desert landscape, the aerospace industry and often times for being a place that is just far enough…
Heidi Duckler
February 9, 2016
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2015 by the numbers

We're only 2.5 weeks into 2016, but we'd like to give a final quick shout out to our 2015 selves! We took a moment to review our highlights from the…
Heidi Duckler
January 20, 2016
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The Duck Truck Rides Again!

This is the very first post of our new Experience Director, Allegra Padilla! We look forward to more updates from Allegra in 2016! Last week, Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre’s Duck…
Heidi Duckler
December 14, 2015
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2015: Meet Trudy

We met Trudy, 87, at Hollenbeck Palms Continuing Care Retirement Community. She was born in Philadelphia and raised in the Lower Eastside of New York City. She moved to Los…
Heidi Duckler
November 30, 2015
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So Fresh, So Fancy

Photo credit Sean Deckert As we’re sure you know by now (because we’ve made it unavoidable) WE’RE HAVING A PARTY! There’s no need to worry about if you’ll get invited…
Heidi Duckler
October 20, 2015
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LILI HAYDN AND WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN

When we premiere our four-part dance telenovela Sophie & Charlie next week, we’ll be joined by a virtuoso duo: violinist Lili Haydn and pianist William Goldstein. The two musicians will…
Heidi Duckler
September 21, 2015
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IT’S INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY!

Heidi Duckler Dance Theater Northwest Performs Ragnarok February 1, 2014 at the Rexel/Taylor Electric Supply Company buildingDepending on how long you’ve followed the work of Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, it…
Heidi Duckler
September 9, 2015
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Sophie & Charlie

Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre performs a telenovela across Los Angeles Company premieres episodic dance work, Sophie & Charlie, in September. The last thing Sophie expects to find at a funeral…
Heidi Duckler
August 25, 2015
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CLAIRE GIGNAC: ON COLLABORATION

Last week we introduced you to our collaborators, Claire Gignac et compagnie … AKA, the French-Canadian jazz band who will be accompanying our performers at our Chinatown Blues performances this…
Heidi Duckler
August 10, 2015
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WE’RE FEELING GRATEFUL!

Image by Andrei Andreev. Brush Up was made possible by a grant from LA's Department of Cultural Affairs Here at Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre we’re starting the summer off on…
Heidi Duckler
August 9, 2015
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30th Anniversary Gala

30th Anniversary Gala Saturday, October 24, 2015 photo by Andrei Andreev Fresh & Fancy was an incredible success. Thank you to all who joined, donated, placed tributes in our program…
Heidi Duckler
August 4, 2015
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Bloomberg Philanthropies

We learned earlier this month that Bloomberg Philanthropies has chosen Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre as one of the recipients of its two-year, Arts Innovation and Management grant. We're looking forward…
Heidi Duckler
August 3, 2015
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Check out Chinatown Blues!

Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre will be joined by musicians from four-piece French-Canadian band Claire Gignac et compagnie, for Chinatown Blues, a performance that will explore what the intertwining of cultures…
Heidi Duckler
May 29, 2015
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It’s our anniversary!

At Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, we're celebrating our 30th anniversary! The last three decades have seen us in countless unexpected places: laundromats, vacant lots, working hospitals, abandoned buildings, bowling alleys…
Heidi Duckler
May 27, 2015