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Company History
Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD) is a New York-based modern dance
company dedicated to creating provocative, highly technical and physically
adventurous dance under the artistic direction of Heidi Latsky, a longtime
principal member of Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Hailed by Jennifer
Dunning of the New York Times as "a choreographer and dancer of uncommon
intelligence and fluidity," Latsky has been a moving force in the
dance world for over 25 years, creating works for the stage, theater and
film. The company's encouragement of community involvement has created
a vibrant audience of all ages who are discovering the magnetism of modern
dance.
Heidi Latsky Dance premiered in 2001 with a Joyce Theater Residency and
a sold-out run of Just Watch!, presented by Danspace Project (NY).
In 2002, HLD received a commission from the 92nd St. Y Harkness Dance Center
(NY) to create Bound, performed at the Duke on 42nd Street. Since
then, the company has enjoyed performances at Bryn Mawr College (PA), Central
Park SummerStage (NY), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (MA), Symphony
Space (NY), Sushi Arts (San Diego), Roger Williams University (RI), Long
Island University (NY), Drew University (NJ), SUNY Purchase (NY), and Joe's
Pub (NY).
The 2004-05 season included the premiere of Club Riot, produced
by and performed at La Mama ETC, The Club (NY); and a three-week run of
Mary Fulham's Balletto Stiletto at La Mama ETC, The Annex,
choreographed by Latsky and featuring the company. The evening-length work, disjointed, premiered
to critical acclaim at Danspace Project in May 2006. This past fall, the
company received a Baryshnikov Arts Center residency for Latsky's
newest work, From the Limb.
In 2006, the company premiered the evening length work, disjointed,
to critical acclaim at Danspace Project at St. Marks Church. During fall
2006, Latsky began an intensive period of creation developing two new solo
works, Five Open Mouths and Woman At An Exhibition.
Heidi Latsky created Five Open Mouthsfor Lisa Bufano,
a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist. The two solos had their official
premiere at Judson Memorial Church in January 2007.
Influenced by Latsky's psychological training and essential
to her exploration of the human condition through movement, is the company's
collaboration with various social service and humanitarian organizations.Heidi
Latsky Dance's vast history of partnerships include work with CLAL
(The Center For Learning And Leadership), SHARE (Self-help for Women with
Breast or Ovarian Cancer), DRA (Dancers Responding to AIDS), and the Friends
of Island Academy (serving incarcerated youth), which have lead to groundbreaking
outreach programs that use the transforming power of movement to help people
heal and find their voice.
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"Heidi
Latsky, a.k.a. Gumby...
a tour-de-force, burrowing-into-the
music, riding-with-the-beats,
pulsating-and-ebbing-with the volume
dance..
She's a creature from the sea, of the music, servant to the beat, slave to the
rhythm.
This kick-ass music?and seeing how it inspired and
consumed Latsky?was where I started wanting to dance and throw
my hands in the air like I just didn't care."
-- Paul Ben-Itzak,
The Dance Insider
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