Heather Telford
Heather Telford has an international career dancing with Göteborgs Operans Danskompani , Le Grand Théâtre de Genève and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. She has had the opportunity to work with many choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Wim Vandekebus, Guy Weizman, Marie Chouinard, Saburo Teshigawara, Ohad Naharin, Ina Christel Johannesson, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Alex Ekman, Johan Inger, Jo Kanimori, Martin Forsberg, Crystal Pite among many others. She trained at Arts Umbrella, L’Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec, and Banff Festival of the Arts. Her creative work expands to include filmmaking, set design and choreography. Heather has been teaching yoga for over 12 years and is a certified yoga teacher 500h+(Yoga Alliance) and is also a registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist BCST, RCST®. She presently teaches at Balettakademien Göteborg, Svenska Balettskolan summer program, and has been a guest teacher for Danscentrum Väst, Regiontheater Väst Boräs, Divertimento (Montreal), Arts Umbrella ISDI. She has a passion to share her experiences through educational endeavours and is invested in deepening artistic personal development of youth in dance.
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