Heidi Duckler Dance

R&R: Ray On the Roof Workshop Series
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave. Ste. 1100B, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Join us on November 25, 2025, for a little R&R—Ray on the Roof!
R&R is a monthly dance workshop series curated by HDD Artistic Director Raymond Ejiofor, taking place on the last Tuesday of each month from May through November Set against the skyline atop the Bendix Building, this invigorating class blends movement, mindfulness, and music in an open-air environment.
Select classes will feature guest HDD dancers, bringing their artistry and energy to the rooftop. Dancers of all levels are welcome to come recharge, reconnect, and move with intention under the LA sky.

Raymond Ejiofor | HDD Artistic Director

Raymond Ejiofor is a Gates Millennium Fellow and earned a Master of Public Health Policy from USC and his B.S. in Decision Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Raymond began his training under Judith Rhodes Calgaro in Arlington, VA, and at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Under the direction of Greer Reed, Ejiofor was a founding member of the August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble (AWCDE), which was named “25 to Watch” in 2012 by Dance Magazine. Ejiofor has danced and created works with Daniel Ezralow, Ryan Heffington, Chole Arnold, Aszure Barton, Lula Washington, Bryan Arias, Danielle Agami, Sidra Bell, Kyle Abraham, and Robert Battle. Ejiofor currently collaborates with various companies, including Ezralow Dance, LA Opera, Post: Ballet, and David Roussève/REALITY. Some of his credits include the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, MTV VMAs, American Music Awards, Audi, Hermès, Samsung, Apple, Beijing Dance Festival, and Lincoln Center: David H. Koch Theater. He has performed with artists such as P!NK, Sia, Katy Perry, Pharrell, Dua Lipa, The Weekend, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Daft Punk. He has worked on various major motion pictures, including Spirited, Bad Hair, and 80 For Brady, as well as TV shows like the Late Late Show with/ James Corden, Physical, and the Emmy-winning episode of Love Death + Robots. Choreography commissions include Heidi Ducker Dance, August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble, Berkeley Ballet Theater, and the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar. His choreography can be seen in film and music videos for artists such as Little Boots, Robot Koch, GirlvBoy, and Oddnesse. Ejiofor also served as a choreography consultant for the Paper Doll Militia, touring aerial production “Warped”. Ejiofor was the 2023 Artist in Residence with Heidi Duckler Dance serving as a choreographer, curator, and collaborating creative producer for the organization. Currently, Ejiofor is the Artistic Director of Heidi Duckler Dance.

M.A.P. Live!
2025-11-30 11:00 - 2025-12-03 20:00 | Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave. Ste. 1100B, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Join us for this year’s M.A.P. Live workshop (formerly known as Architecture Through the Body), taking place from November 30th to December 3rd, 2025, at the historic Bendix Building.
Heidi Duckler Dance’s annual workshop invites participants into four immersive days of movement, art, and performance. Led by professionals in dance, storytelling, and architecture, the program explores new ways of defining and experiencing space through creative collaboration.
Through guided workshops, participants will create original work informed by these interdisciplinary practices. Teaching artists provide feedback throughout the process, and the workshop culminates in a public performance showcasing participants’ creations.
With only 20 spots available, M.A.P. Live offers an intimate environment where artists of all backgrounds and experience levels can engage one-on-one with instructors. Work-study discounts are available for eligible participants.

Class Descriptions
Movement with Alejandro PerezThis session invites participants to create movement inspired by the world around us, drawing from architecture, sound, and objects as creative partners. We will start with a heart-centered warm-up to awaken the senses and open pathways for exploration and vulnerability. Through improvisation and guided creation, we will discover how movement shapes our perception of space and self, reconnecting us with the art of connection and expanding the possibilities of dance.
Architecture and the Body Through Folding Paper with Jeff MorricalExplore the relationship between the body, structure, and the built environment through the art of paper folding. Participants will learn folding techniques inspired by traditional origami to create large-scale, flexible sculptures. Each fold embeds a structural memory into the piece, transforming a flat sheet into a responsive, fluid, and living form in space. This hands-on process reveals the connections between our bodies, objects, and surroundings.
Voice with Joanna Lynn- JacobsDiscover the voice as a living, expressive instrument. We will begin with vocal and physical warm-ups that connect breath, body, and sound, encouraging curiosity over self-judgment. Through improvisation, accessible melodies, harmonies, and collaborative exercises, participants will expand their vocal range and creative expression, gaining tools and inspiration to carry into their own artistic practice and everyday life.

Workshop Schedule
DAY ONE – Sunday, November 30th, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
*Drop-in fee available for individual workshops.
Schedule

12:00 – 2:00 PM Movement Workshop #1 (LEAD ARTIST: Alejandro Perez)
2:00 – 2:10 BREAK
2:10 – 4:10 PM ARCHITECTURE Workshop # 2 (LEAD ARTIST: Jeff Morrical)
4:10 – 4:40 DINNER BREAK
4:40 – 6:40 PM Voice Workshop #3 (LEAD ARTIST: Joanna Lynn Jacobs)
6:40 – 7:40 PM Creation Prep/Discussion
7:40 – 8:00 PM STRIKE

DAY TWO – Monday, December 1st, 2025 | 5:00 PM – 9:00PM
Schedule

5:00 – 6:00 PM Creation / Prep – Planning Session
6:00 – 6:10 BREAK
6:10 – 8:10 PM Creation
8:10 – 8:20 Break
8:20 – 8:50 PM Showing and feedback from lead artists
8:50 – 9:00 PM Strike
9:00 pm OUT

DAY THREE – Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Schedule

5:00 – 5:15 PM WARM UP
5:15 – 7:15 PM Creation w/ assistance from lead artists
7:15 – 7:25 PM BREAK
7:25 – 8:25 PM Creation
8:25 – 8:55 PM WORK IN PROGRESS SHOWING / FEEDBACK WITH LEAD ARTISTS
8:55 – 9:00 PM Strike
9:00 pm OUT

DAY FOUR – Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Schedule

2:00 – 3:30 PM OPTIONAL OPEN SPACE REHEARSAL
3:30 – 5:30 PM Rehearsal
5:30 – 6:00 PM Notes / Reset for top of show
6:00 – 6:30 PM BREAK
6:30 – 7:00 PM Doors Open / Public Open / Reception
7:00 – 8:00 PM FINAL SHOWING + RECEPTION

2025 MAP Live Teaching Artists

Movement Artist | Alejandro Perez
Alejandro Perez is a first-generation Mexican-American from Los Angeles, California, wherein he has been a tangible presence in the dance community and beyond, first seen performing internationally in a street dancing crew. He has been a dancer and a collaborator with Sidra Bell NYC, ISHIDA Dance, Dawsondancesf, Heidi Duckler Dance, Mike Tyus & Co, in addition to other companies throughout the United States. In recent years Alejandro has focused primarily on teaching opportunities. He has created and set works on California School for the Arts, LINES Ballet Training/Summer Program, for Youth America Grand Prix, and Joffrey Ballet Academy Training Program/Studio Company for winning Works 2025.

Voice Artist | Joanna Lynn-Jacobs
Joanna Lynn-Jacobs is a Los Angeles-based, classically trained vocalist, mover, and performer whose strong foundation in opera blends with folk, jazz, pop, and musical theater. She has performed in groundbreaking works such as The Comet/Poppea (as Poppea) at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Omar at San Francisco Opera, and the U.S. premiere and tour of …(Iphigenia) by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding. Joanna also starred in the LA Philharmonic’s production of Meredith Monk’s ATLAS, and later toured the U.S. and Europe with Monk’s Cellular Songs.
Joanna is drawn to socially and environmentally conscious work, collaborating with Los Angeles-based groups like Street Symphony and Heidi Duckler Dance. Her performance practice is deeply informed by her lifelong love of movement, rooted in years of social partner dance including swing, salsa, and Argentine tango. She thrives in boundary-pushing productions that fuse music, movement, and multidisciplinary storytelling

Architecture | Jeff Morrical
Jeff Morrical is a Los Angeles based installation artist specializing in paper sculptures. With a background in architecture, and a masters from SCI-Arc, finding form, structure and pattern in everyday materials has always been a driving force in Jeff’s work. He uses drafting software to design 2-dimensional patterns and graphics on large custom sheets of paper that correspond with the 3-dimensional forms created through the folding process.

Heidi Duckler | Executive Director
Heidi Duckler is the Founder and Artistic Director of Heidi Duckler Dance in Los Angeles, California and Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest in Portland, Oregon. Titled the “reigning queen of site-specific performance” by the LA Times, Duckler is a pioneer of site-specific place based contemporary practice. Through the use of expanded techniques and a methodology that encourages us to understand how dance, born from our experience, can be a tool for awareness, Duckler has contributed to redefining the field and has created more than 400 dance pieces all over the world.
Duckler was the recipient of the 2021 Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship and most recently, her film “Where We’re Going” has been selected for first prize by the Cinedanza Festival jury amongst 28 films from around the world. “Where We’re Going” was also selected for the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Digital Media Wall in their new building in downtown Sacramento, scheduled to premiere in 2022. Currently, Duckler is on faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Film and Media Studies Department.
Duckler earned a BS in Dance from the University of Oregon and an MA in Choreography from UCLA, and served as a Board Member of the University of Oregon’s School of Music and Dance Advancement Council. Awards include the Distinguished Dance Alumna award from the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, the Dance/USA and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Engaging Dance Audiences award, and the National Endowment of the Arts American Masterpiece award. Duckler was a recipient of the 2019 Oregon Dance Film Commission and her work received the award for Best Choreography for the Lens at Verve Dance Film Festival

Raymond Ejiofor | Artistic Director
Raymond Ejiofor is a Gates Millennium Fellow and earned a Master of Public Health Policy from USC and his B.S. in Decision Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Raymond began his training under Judith Rhodes Calgaro in Arlington, VA, and at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Under the direction of Greer Reed, Ejiofor was a founding member of the August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble (AWCDE), which was named “25 to Watch” in 2012 by Dance Magazine. Ejiofor has danced and created works with Daniel Ezralow, Ryan Heffington, Chole Arnold, Aszure Barton, Lula Washington, Bryan Arias, Danielle Agami, Sidra Bell, Kyle Abraham, and Robert Battle. Ejiofor currently collaborates with various companies, including Ezralow Dance, LA Opera, Post: Ballet, and David Roussève/REALITY. Some of his credits include the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, MTV VMAs, American Music Awards, Audi, Hermès, Samsung, Apple, Beijing Dance Festival, and Lincoln Center: David H. Koch Theater. He has performed with artists such as P!NK, Sia, Katy Perry, Pharrell, Dua Lipa, The Weekend, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Daft Punk. He has worked on various major motion pictures, including Spirited, Bad Hair, and 80 For Brady, as well as TV shows like the Late Late Show with/ James Corden, Physical, and the Emmy-winning episode of Love Death + Robots.
Choreography commissions include Heidi Ducker Dance, August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble, Berkeley Ballet Theater, and the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar. His choreography can be seen in film and music videos for artists such as Little Boots, Robot Koch, GirlvBoy, and Oddnesse. Ejiofor also served as a choreography consultant for the Paper Doll Militia, touring aerial production “Warped”. Ejiofor was the 2023 Artist in Residence with Heidi Duckler Dance serving as a choreographer, curator, and collaborating creative producer for the organization. Currently, Ejiofor is the Artistic Director of Heidi Duckler Dance.

MAP Live! Final Performance
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave. Ste. 1100B, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Join us for the culminating performance of the MAP Live! Workshop Series — a public showcase of original site-inspired works created by workshop participants under the guidance of our teaching artists. Experience how movement, architecture, and voice converge in new and unexpected ways throughout the Bendix Building.
6:30 PM: Doors Open / Reception
7:00 PM: Performances
8:00 PM: Program Ends

Opening of A Living Legacy in LA Exhibition
2025-12-11 16:00 - 19:00 | Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery at City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) proudly announces A Living Legacy, a special exhibition at the Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery at City Hall, showcasing 40 years of groundbreaking site-specific work and the dynamic relationship between dance and architecture.
Opening Thursday, December 11, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, the exhibition features immersive displays of HDD’s archives, from striking photography and video projections to original costumes and choreography. Together, these elements illuminate the company’s enduring commitment to movement, storytelling, and the built environment.
Spanning rooftops, staircases, parks, urban corners, and more, A Living Legacy highlights the ways dance and architecture have coexisted and evolved together throughout HDD’s history, featuring both public and private spaces as stages for imagination and dialogue.
To conclude the exhibition, HDD will present a site-specific performance on Friday, January 16, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This live performance will bring HDD’s archival journey to life, offering audiences a powerful embodiment of the company’s legacy and ongoing evolution.

A Living Legacy @ The Bridge | Performance
2026-01-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Henry P. Rio Bridge Gallery at City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents Vortex, a special site-specific live performance at the Rotunda of Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, January 16, 2026.
Choreographed by HDD Artistic Director Raymond Ejiofor and performed by HDD dancers with live vocals and cello, Vortex brings A Living Legacy to life by activating the iconic City Hall rotunda through movement that reflects more than four decades of groundbreaking site-specific work in Los Angeles. The Downtown Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda features soaring ceilings and a luminous atmosphere that feels alive with activity. As the symbolic heart of City Hall, it serves as an architectural crossroads where past and present converge at the center of Los Angeles
Vortex is a dynamic, site-responsive dance work that invites audiences into a spiraling exploration of human connection, energy, and momentum. Through fluid choreography and immersive sound, performers navigate the tension between chaos and harmony, illuminating the interplay between individual expression and collective movement.
This live performance serves as the culminating event of A Living Legacy, a landmark exhibition celebrating Heidi Duckler Dance’s deep connection to the city’s architecture, communities, and evolving cultural landscape. Drawing from the company’s extensive archives, the work honors HDD’s artistic journey while pointing boldly toward its future.
Friday, January 16, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

6:00 PM – Explore the exhibition
6:30 PM – A Talk with writer Terry Wolverton
7:00 PM – Live performance
7:30 PM – Artist talkback and Q&A moderated by Joe Schenck
7:45 PM – Cake Celebration of 40 Year Anniversary

4D Film Festival - Student Screening
2026-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave. Ste. 1100B, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Heidi Duckler Dance is thrilled to continue the 4D Film Festival, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to the intersection of dance and cinema. Experience the magic of cinema under the stars! Join us for an enchanting outdoor screening on the iconic Bendix rooftop, where the city skyline meets the silver screen. Cozy up, soak in the night air, and let the art of dance and film transport you. Enjoy Quack Games, a fun pre-show trivia challenge, along with snacks and refreshments! ✨🎥🌙
This special evening will spotlight dance films by emerging student filmmakers, showcasing fresh perspectives and bold storytelling through movement and film. As part of HDD’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of artists, the 4D Film Festival provides a space where dance, film, and community converge in an unforgettable cinematic experience.

4D Film Festival - Independent Films Screening
2026-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave. Ste. 1100B, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Heidi Duckler Dance is thrilled to continue the 4D Film Festival, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to the intersection of dance and cinema. As part of HDD’s dedication to supporting artists, the 4D Film Festival creates a dynamic space where dance, film, and community come together for an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Experience the magic of cinema under the stars! Join us for an enchanting outdoor screening on the iconic Bendix rooftop, where the city skyline meets the silver screen. Cozy up, soak in the night air, and let the art of dance and film transport you as we screen inspiring dance films by eight visionary independent filmmakers. Enjoy Quack Games, a fun pre-show trivia challenge, along with popcorn, snacks, and refreshing beverages and a special panel discussion with dance artists and filmmakers who bring a wealth of experience in dance and film collaboration. And your vote counts! Attendees will also have the chance to participate by casting their vote for the Audience Choice Award and help crown the night’s most captivating film.✨🎥🌙
