This month’s series is in partnership with the Penny Godboldo Institute
Special Workshop
Donation – 10-25

This contemporary Dunham repertory class will focus on using Dunham technique in contemporary modern dance choreography. Beal uses political themes from original Dunham choreography to create work which addresses the social justice issues of today.

HEATHER BEAL, received her B.A. in dance from Columbia College Chicago and her MFA in dance from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a certified Dunham Technique iInstructor and was a principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham Museum Children’s Workshop Performance Company from the age of six into young adulthood. She performed with the company around the United States and France. She has also performed in many productions at The Black Rep and several productions at the St. Louis MUNY. Her Black Rep credits include ”Nina Simone: Four Woman,” ”Purlie,” “The Me Nobody Knows,” “Le Freak C’est Chic,” “DreamGirls.” Theatre credits include”Ghost” (Metro Theatre), and ”Feeding Beatrice” (The Rep). College credits include: “For Colored Girls… ”(Washington University), “Little Shop of Horrors” and ”First Date” (University of Southern Indiana). She is best known for her work #triggerwarning and Black AF, a dance critique of police brutality against Black peoplefolx in America.