SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

 Residencies and Lectures

Heidi Latsky Dance provides tailor-made residencies that focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion in specific ways.

HLD addresses: Performance Anxiety | Stress Management | Positive Inclusionary Practices | Team Building | Mindful Practices through gentle movement | Fostering non-disabled allies | Collaboration

Methodologies include: 1-on-1 consultation | Panels featuring company members and Heidi Latsky

Who Am I Now?

“Who Am I Now?” will be a tour of speaking engagements where Heidi Latsky will share her journey through the discovery, surgery, and recovery from a benign brain tumor. It will explore identity, labels, and non-apparent disabilities. What makes her story compelling is that 55 years ago her mother had the same meningioma and she, like her daughter now, were a vital part of the support team. Latsky will utilize film portraits to expose audiences to the fierce vulnerability of the featured dancers as she explains the trajectory of her career in inclusive dance.  In telling her story, Latsky will connect with audiences who have lived with disabilities and without. The goal is to bring everyone into the conversation and to discuss and question labels, facts about brain tumors (this is a disability most people are afraid of and do not understand), and the work Latsky is making that comes out of this experience and the renewed deep connection with her mother who died in 2004.

Creative Brain/Healing Body Panel

A lecture/demonstration about dance and the science behind it's healing potential, tailored to the specific institution. The panel features Heidi Latsky, HLD former dancer and movement scientist from Columbia University Gregory Youdan, and a select group of doctors and dancers. Media and performance included.