BIOGRAPHY: Heidi Vierthaler -Germany/USA

As a dancer, Heidi has worked with some of the most prominent companies and choreographers throughout Europe and the US, including The Forsythe Company, The Gothenburg Tanz Kompanie, Ballet Frankfurt, Ballet Dortmund, Tanzwerk Nurnberg, Ballet Chicago and Pacific NW Ballet.

She teaches and creates works for companies, festivals, and universities world wide. These include, Cullberg Ballet, Gothenburg DansKompani, Carte Blanche, Skanes Danstheater, Netherlands Dans Theater Summer Intensive, Banff Centre for Dance,Modafe Festival, Compania Nacional de danza, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Region Teater Väst, Het National Ballet, Random Dance Company, Soloist Festival Seoul, Kjung Hee University Seoul, Royal Swedish Ballet School-Stockholm & Gothenburg, Codarts University, DAF Rome, Konservatorium Den Haag, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Palucca School Dresden, DOCH University Stockholm, Dansalliansen Sweden, Henny Jurriens Stichting, Dansgroep Amsterdam, Emio Grecco Ick Amsterdam, Akbank Sanat Istanbul, Seattle Dance Project, amongst others.

Heidi is both director and choreographer of her Amsterdam based collective HATO Projects. Her board members consists of the artistic staff of the Netherlands Dans Theater, including artistic advisor and curator Anders Hellstrom of NDT1 and NDT 2’s executive artistic director Nancy Euverink. HATO focuses on the further development of her Stream- flow method, which has recently been recognised as an effective somatic movement method. New Publication: Practicing Dance, A Somatic orientationFeaturing: http://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=4213&lng=deu&id=How the pursuit of Accessing the individual led me to Stream-Flow: Heidi Vierthaler

Hato’s cross discipline performances with Industrial/fashion design and architecturally unique spaces, are commissioned by “Droog Design”, Dutch Design week and the We Are Muze design collective. Links listed below.

www.heidivierthaler.com

 

CHOREOGRAPHY
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Remounting a work of choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Banff Centre Canada July 2017

https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/creative-gesture-dance-residency/20170703

New Creation for The Netherlands Dans Theater Summer Intensive

July 24th -August 3rd: https://www.ndt.nl/en/participate/ndt-summer-intensive/program-ndt-summer-intensive-2016.html

Hato Projects 2 Week residency based on the theme of SHELTER + Stream-flow Workshop made possible by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and Kultur I Väst
http://dcvast.se/kommande-residens/

 

Academy of Theatre and Dance Amsterdam
New creation 3rd year students UC Contemporary https://www.brakkegrond.nl/agenda/end-of-year-performance-2017

Oude Kerk film project: Viewing the Viewer
Direction Esther Janmaat- Heidi Vierthaler
Dancers Luca Cacitti and Shay Partush
https://vimeo.com/190775458

De-Formance Dutch Design Week 2016
https://vimeo.com/189422792
http://www.ddw.nl/evenement/606
http://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/de-formance-jessica-smarsch
http://www.domusweb.it/en/video/2016/11/09/jessica_smarsch_deformance.html

My Brother’s room -Cinedans Film Festival 2016 – EYE Amsterdam
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Direction: Heidi Vierthaler/ Esther Janmaat
Dancers: Luca Cacitti, Shay Partush
https://vimeo.com/132482610

http://www.cinema.com.hk/en/movie/details/9008

http://www.dutchcultureusa.com/blog/3466/screendance-miami-with-gabri-christa-martine-dekker-6-dutch-films

http://pamm.org/calendar/2016/12/screendance-miami-cinedans-pamm

http://www.voarte.com/en/festvoarte/inshadow/edicao

http://www.tigertail.org/event_screendance17.html

http://www.dansateliers.nl/moving-futures

We Are Muze: Dance and Fashion Collaboration
http://wearemuze.com/editorials/heidi/

http://wearemuze.com/choreography/

Droog Design choreographic projects

1 film project: My brother’s room: https://vimeo.com/152741301

2 performances created on locational Hôtel Droog 2015- 2016

https://vimeo.com/144052490

January 2016
New Solo Creation
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Codarts University, Rotterdam

February 2015
MTD 2 University of the Arts, Amsterdam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P_-rZgPw44

New Creation
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music: Marcel Wierckz

June 2015
JMD 3 University of the Arts, Amsterdam
New Creation

July 4th 2014
Royal Conservatory Den Haag
“Inter-View”
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music: Miguel Angel Clerc
Bachelors program

June 14th 2014
University of the Arts Amsterdam
“Within a word”
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music Tom van Wee
JMD 3

February 1st 2014
Palucca University Dresden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9LoNts78c
“Shine”
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music: Miguel Angel Clerc
Bat 3

May 2013- 2014
Soloist Festival 2013 Seoul Korea
Modafe Festival 2014 Seoul Korea
Solo-Swift Shift https://vimeo.com/69921439
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Dancer: Keonjoong Kim
Music: Andy Moor, Miguel Angel Clerc

November 14th 2012 .
Compania Nacional de Danza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyON5XENmZM
“Unsound”
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler and Juanjo Arques
Muisc Miguel Angel Clerc, Andy Moor
Theater Matedero, Madrid.

February 2012
The Dutch National Ballet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzxJm1T21U8
“Consequence”.
“Choroegraphic consultant” to Juanjo Arques,

June 2011
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
‘Shin Bun Shi’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMMUF4iHow
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music: Andy Moor and Yannis Kyriakides
Video: Yafit Taranto

May 2010
‘Lawlessness’
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music: Andy Moor
Codarts University The Rotteredam Schouwburg

June 2010
‘Restlessness’
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music Romain Bigeard
MTD1 University of the Arts Amsterdam

2008 – 2009

‘Surfacing’
Seattle Dance Project
Choreography: Heidi Vierthaler
Music: Andy Moor
and dance. Most recently Hato projects participated in Dutch Design week 2016.

 

DANCE COMPANIES
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2004 – 2006 The Forsythe Company
Director: William Forsythe
Dancer & collaborator in works by William Forsythe

2002 – 2004 Ballet Frankfurt
Director: William Forsythe
Dancer & collaborator in works by William Forsythe

1999 – 2002 Göteborgs Operan Ballet, Sweden
Under the direction of Anders Hellström

1998 – 1999 Ballet Dortmund
Under the direction of Dirk Elwert

1996 – 1998 Tanzwerk Nürnberg
Under the direction of Dirk Elwert & Jean Renshaw

1995 – 1996 Spectrum Dance Theater
Under the direction of Dale Merril

1990 – 1994 Ballet Chicago
Under the direction of Daniel Duell

1986 – 1990 Pacific Northwest Ballet
Under the direction of Kent Stowell & Francia Russell

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DANCE EDUCATION

1980 – 1986 Full scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Seattle, WA
Director, Francia Russell

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FORSYTHE COMPANY EXCHANGE
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Since 2008 : Bringing students to experience The Forsythe Company
University of the Arts Amsterdam
S.E.A.D Salzburg Austria

TEACHING
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2017- present Skanes Dance Theater Malmo Sweden
2016 -present Gothenburg Dans Kompani
2015-present Carte Blanche Bergen Norway
2014- present Cullberg Ballet Stockholm Sweden
2008- present: University of the Arts Amsterdam
2012-present Emio Grecco – P.C. ICK Amsterdam
2009-present Codarts University Rotterdam
2010- present DOCH University Stockholm, Sweden
2013 -present Royal Swedish Ballet School
2012 Random Dance Wayne Mcgregor
2014-present Royal Conservatory Den Haag
2013- present Palucca School Dresden
2010-2012 Dansgroep Amsterdam
2009- present teaching Ballet and Contemporary Henny Jurriens Stichting Amsterdam
2010 – 2013 Dans Ateliers Rotterdam
2009 – present Architanz Studios Tokyo, Japan
2007 – 2008 SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
1994 -1995 Olympic Ballet Theater Edmonds, Washington
1994 -1995 Kirkland Dance Academy

 

News 2017

STREAM -FLOW WORKSHOPS
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2007 -present Stream-flow Workshops taught Internationally:
Banff Centre for Dance Canada
Dansalliansen Sweden: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo
Skånes Danstheater, Malmö
Norrdans,
Transformation Dance Montreal Canada
Cullberg Ballet Stockholm Sweden
Carte Blanche Bergen Norway
Palucca University Dreseden
Doch University Stockholm
Het National Ballet
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
Codarts University
Henny jurriens Stichting Amsterdam
Dans Ateliers Rotterdam
National Ballet Academy Amsterdam
Modafe Festival Seoul Korea
Soloist Festival Seoul Korea
Architanz Tokyo Japan
Amsterdam University of the Arts
Konservatory Den Haag
The Royal Swedish Ballet School
Contemporary Art Network . Tokyo , Japan
SEAD Salzburg Austria
Akbank Sanat, Istanbul Turkey
Kiung Hee University Seoul Korea
School and Company integration:

Since 2008 : Bringing students to experience The Forsythe Company
University of the Arts Amsterdam
S.E.A.D Salzburg Austria

 

GUEST ARTIST
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2005 Guest artist at the ‘Side Step Festival’ in Helsinki, Finland, performing William Forsythes “Vile Parody of Address”
2004 Guest Artist for the Contemporary Art Network, Tokyo, Japan. Improvisation Performance with members of the Forsythe Company
2002 Tero Saarinen Company
Guest artist for “Kaze” performed at the Kuopio Dance Festival 2002 and The Bruckner Fest 2002 in Linz Austria
2002 Guest Artist ‘Dance Salad’ Houston, Texas Performing William Forsythe’s, Herman Schmerman Pas de Deux

ADDITIONAL COURSES
1998 Certified Gyrotonics Instructor certification NYC
2008 Renewed Gyrotonics license in Vienna, Austria
2015 Renewed Gyrotonics license Cologne Germany