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HDD’s MAP Live! Recap

Heidi Duckler Dance's immersive workshop rooted in combining movement, art, and performance, returned this year at the Bendix building rooftop in Downtown Los Angeles. Across three days, participants learned from…
Heidi Duckler
March 28, 2024
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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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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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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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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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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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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