Trommer Beardslee, Heather

Biography

Heather Trommer-Beardslee is a choreographer, dancer, interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator and educator. She presented her work on Transitions at the 2014 annual National Dance Educators Organization conference and the dance piece was performed live at the 2015 Barn Dance Electroacoustic Music Festival in Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington College). Additional conference presentations include papers on technology and dance and interdisciplinary teaching at the 2015 Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning and the 2015 NDEO Conference. From 2004 until 2014, Heather was the Booking Manager for the Chicago-based, Emmy award winning dance company, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project.

Recent Scholarship

Transitions, an exploration in dance, music, film and conversation with military veterans ; Music in Motion, a multi-media collaborative production involving live music, dance, fabric, film and light and research; a dance film, Waiting in the Rain, directed by Eric Limarenko; and Sand Dunes an interdisciplinary performance involving biology, original music, dance and costumes. Sand Dunes was chosen to be presented as part of the 2016 Regeneration concert in Detroit, MI.​