Heather Ware

Canadian dancer/choreographer Heather Ware danced with LeineRoebana in Amsterdam (Netherlands) from 2003-2017. In 2010 Heather was awarded de Zwaan (the Swan) for most impressive dance performance of the year for her role in 172 Suggesties aan een lichaam. From 2015-2017 Heather was the recipient of a Nieuwe-Makers Regeling (new makers trajectory) from the Dutch Performing Arts Fund.

Heather is fascinated by the possibilities of the dancing body, and how complex coordinations affect how we experience emotion. As a choreographer Heather is known for her work with live music, and has a long standing collaboration with cellist Jakob Koranyi, with whom she has created Reapproaching Bach and Battle Abbey (2017). Other collaborators include: violist Oene van Geel, mezzo-soprano Cora Burgraaf, and theatre maker Laurel Green. Her work has been presented throughout Europe and has been supported by Banff Centre (Canada), Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna (Sweden) and Podium Bloos (Netherlands). For 2019-2021 seasons Heather is one of the Artists in Residence with Dancers’ Studio West in Calgary, Alberta.

(We needed) to be rescued is made possible through the support of Dancers’ Studio West’s Artist in Residence program, 2019-2021. Artistic Director: Sasha Ivanochko.

“(...) Heather Ware, winner of the Zwaan and one of the most sympathetic and sincere dance personalities of this moment...”  - Sander Hiskemuller about LeineRoebana’s Smell of Bliss