This past June 2022, Founder and Artistic Director Heidi Duckler was invited to speak on the Los Angeles County Arts & Culture Panel - 2022 Los Angeles County Arts and…
Heidi DucklerNovember 16, 2022
Written by Arts Education & Programs Director and Dancer Rebecca Lee Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) had the privilege of traveling to Castro, Chile in the archipelago region of Chiloé to…
Heidi DucklerNovember 3, 2022
We were honored to be one of three dance companies selected to present work for Fashion Week's 'Movement of New York,’ a dance celebration of Theory’s new artistic partner Lucas Ossendrijver. The city streets of…
Heidi DucklerSeptember 26, 2022
On August 14th, 2022, I moved to Los Angeles and witnessed my first performance at Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD). The dance film series, “Counterintelligence: The Story of Sister Alyonushka and…
Heidi DucklerSeptember 19, 2022
How do we Connect Art to Action? Heidi Duckler Dance is hosting our biannual Ebb & Flow Festival this Saturday and Sunday at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook from 3-5pm.…
Heidi DucklerSeptember 7, 2022
Join our team of volunteers and help support HDD staff and performers for our upcoming Ebb & Flow Festival. Ebb & Flow is a free, site-specific community festival of local…
Heidi DucklerAugust 18, 2022
2022 Board Announcement Please welcome Co-Founder of RFRM Collective, Nefer Fernandez, to our Board. He was a teaching artist for our 2022 MAP Lab and is sure to continue being…
Heidi DucklerJuly 7, 2022
2022 Board Announcement We are honored to welcome Senior Curator and Head of Architecture Special Collections at the Getty Research Institute, Maristella Casciato, to our Board. We look forward to…
Heidi DucklerJuly 6, 2022
LOS ANGELES (May 26, 2022) – Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) is bringing their ecologically-minded festival Ebb & Flow: Chinatown to the Los Angeles State Historic Park…
Heidi DucklerMay 26, 2022
2022 Board Announcement We are thrilled to welcome Victor Jones to our Board of Directors! His knowledge of architecture, design, and community engagement will be an invaluable asset on our…
Heidi DucklerMay 17, 2022
(Festor Fellow and Mentors with Heidi Duckler) In 2020 Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) announced the establishment of the: Dr. Kerry English, Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center Creative Fellowship Foster…
Heidi DucklerMay 16, 2022
APPLICATION FORM We are bringing our beloved festival Ebb & Flow to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown on June 25th and 26th. Ebb & Flow is a…
Heidi DucklerApril 4, 2022
We are pleased to announce the Artist in Residence @ Heidi Duckler Dance program, a program that centers cultural and artistic exchange, nurtures experimentation, and supports research and the development…
Heidi DucklerMarch 29, 2022
Founder and Artistic Director Heidi Duckler was invited to the 2022 American College Dance Association Northwest Conference hosted by the University of Oregon Department of Dance as a guest artist.…
Heidi DucklerMarch 21, 2022
We are honored to announce that we have been approved for a National Endowment for Arts Project Grant! The award will support a project exploring and activating the work of…
Heidi DucklerJanuary 12, 2022
Our film "Where We're Going" has received the Audience Choice Award at the 2021 Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. The award, created in 2017, was based on the festival…
Heidi DucklerJanuary 3, 2022
Our film "Where We're Going" (2019) is an official selection for Archiba film festival! The film, directed by Heidi Duckler and Katherine Helen Fisher is one of 13 works from…
Heidi DucklerDecember 3, 2021
Giving Tuesday is November 30th and the giving starts now! Help us reach our fundraising goal of $20,000 to support our artistic and educational programming. Programs like these provide artistic opportunities…
Heidi DucklerDecember 3, 2021
We are proud to introduce the honorees for our 36th Annual Gala "Gather Together." These two women have made a significant impact on Los Angeles throughout their outstanding careers and…
Heidi DucklerOctober 4, 2021
BWW Review: HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE PRESENTS “THE CHANDELIER “ at The Wallis Annenberg Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ Summer @ The Wallis Presents Heidi Duckler Dance in the…
Heidi DucklerAugust 30, 2021
To read in the LA Dance Chronicle Director/Choreographer Heidi Duckler brought an intense performance piece to the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts this past weekend. “The Chandelier” by…
Heidi DucklerAugust 17, 2021
We are thrilled to be a recipient of the LA Arts Recovery Fund! As one of 90 nonprofits receiving grants, we are excited to continue serving our community and contributing…
Heidi DucklerMay 25, 2021
On May 3, 2021 we were treated to REMNANTS, a unique culmination of seven workshops at the Downtown Women’s Center and supported by the California Arts Council. It was curated…
Heidi DucklerMay 10, 2021
2021 Board Announcement We are honored to have Fiammetta Piazza join our Board of Directors. Her knowledge, dance background, and ideas will support the company's mission and help us think…
Heidi DucklerApril 7, 2021
Heidi Duckler Dance is bringing our beloved festival Ebb & Flow to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in China Town on June 12th and 13th. Ebb & Flow is…
Heidi DucklerApril 6, 2021
To read in Authority Magazine click here. by Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment Group I use my body every day, walking, yoga and gyrotonic Pilates are central to my…
Heidi DucklerApril 6, 2021
2021 Board Announcement We are excited and honored to have Ken Bernstein join our Board of Directors. His insights and ideas will help propel the company into new territories and…
Heidi DucklerMarch 22, 2021
Link to article Heidi Duckler is considered the “reigning queen” of Site-Specific Dance, a performance medium that takes place in unique urban places, both historic and modern, and brings audiences…
Heidi DucklerFebruary 22, 2021
We are excited to announce that Heidi Duckler Dance has recieved grant funding from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation for our participation in the first round of USArtists Internationals (USAI)…
Heidi DucklerFebruary 10, 2021
We are excited to announce that Heidi Duckler, on behalf of our sister company Heidi Duckler Dance North West, has been awarded a 2021 Fellowship with the Oregon Arts Commission!…
Heidi DucklerFebruary 9, 2021
(L-R: Heidi Duckler, Olga Garay-English and Dr. Kerry English) In 2020 Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) announced the establishment of the: Dr. Kerry English, Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center Creative…
fefifoliosFebruary 3, 2021
Heidi Duckler Dance will premiere “Measuring the Sky”, a site-specific dance film as part of The Bogusław Schaeffer Livestream Project presented through HowlRound Theatre Commons on November 23rd, 2020, 12…
Heidi DucklerNovember 18, 2020
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 DucklerAugust 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES (August 25, 2020) – Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents a 3-part series of virtual programs amplifying the histories and contemporary experiences of Native Americans…
Heidi DucklerAugust 6, 2020
We are so excited and honored to have Maricela join our Board of Directors! Learn more about here below! Maricela Gomez is the Communications Manager for the Los Angeles Community…
Heidi DucklerAugust 6, 2020
Heidi Duckler Dance is excited to bring two new faces onto the team this summer. As interns, Kaitwan and Sophie will help support the HDD mission and vision, in addition…
Heidi DucklerJuly 28, 2020
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 DucklerJuly 28, 2020
Click here for 2022 application information (Left to right) Heidi Duckler, Olga Garay-English & Dr. Kerry English, photo by Victoria Looseleaf Foster Up: Bringing Foster Youth and the Arts…
Heidi DucklerJuly 20, 2020
We are excited to announce that Magdalena Edwards will be joining our Board! She is a writer, actor, and translator who has been a champion for HDD! Read her bio…
Heidi DucklerJune 23, 2020
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 DucklerJune 4, 2020
Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) is thrilled to announce that of the 8 grants we submitted, 7 of them have been funded by the California Arts Council! The California Arts Council…
Heidi DucklerMay 13, 2020
We are excited to announce that Anthony Holland will be joining our Board! He is the Vice President of Mercury in Los Angeles and we are honored to have his…
Heidi DucklerApril 1, 2020
2019 was a big year for HDD! We put on 8 professional site-specific performances around LA Created 3 new films Worked in 4 schools spanning North, East, and South LA…
Heidi DucklerDecember 17, 2019
We are excited to announce that, for the first time in HDD's history, one of our dancers is joining the Board of Directors. Raymond has danced with the company for…
Heidi DucklerDecember 4, 2019
We are so close to reaching our goal for #GivingDanceDay! You can support our #GivingTuesday campaign by donating, sharing with your family and friends, and/or voting for us on #MyGivingStory!…
Heidi DucklerDecember 2, 2019
We are pleased to announce our participation in #GivingTuesday, a global giving movement that has been built by individuals, families, organizations, businesses and communities in countries around the world. Millions…
Heidi DucklerNovember 5, 2019
We are delighted to announce two new additions to our Board of Directors: Natalie Samarjian and Deborah Weintraub! We are so excited to have these incredibly accomplished and experienced women…
Heidi DucklerSeptember 18, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA. (July 8, 2019) The Board of Directors of Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) announced today Raphaelle Ziemba has been named Managing Director. Ziemba will work alongside Heidi Duckler,…
Heidi DucklerSeptember 3, 2019
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 DucklerJune 24, 2019
