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Jacques Heim, Choreographer/Artistic Director
 
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Jacques Heim

Choreographer/Artistic Director

 
Artistic Director of Diavolo Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHY

DANCING WITH THE STARS Stars of Dance/ABC
SAMSUNG HI-DEF TV Dancing Toe Prods.
STEP IT UP & DANCE Bravo (Contributing Chor.)
DIAVOLO DANCE THEATER
Founder, Choreographer, and Artistic Director
KA Cirque du Soleil – MGM Grand, Las Vegas
OHIO BALLET Capture Commissioned Diavolo repertory piece
CATAPULT
UCLA Center for the Performing Arts- Royce Hall - An evening- length work for Diavolo funded by the National Dance Project
TERRITORY
UCLA Theater Department – A seventy minute performance of movement for actors
DIVAN D'ENFER
Loyola Marymount University – A fifteen minute piece for dancers
UNE PORTE
California State University, Los Angeles – A fifteen minute piece for dancers
XL'AIR
UCLA Theater Department – A seventy-five minute performance of movement for actors
LONGUE DISTANCE
California Institute for the Arts - An evening length work for dancers and actors
THEATRE PRODUCTION OF The Picture of Dorian Gray PBS Television
LAPSE
American Dance Festival – A ten minute work
 

TEACHING

1997
The Space – Home of Diavolo – Northridge, CA
Improvisation, Master Classes and Workshops
1992-Current
UCLA- Theater Department
Intensive Movement for Actors
1996
California State University, Los Angeles – Dance Department
Improvisation and Master Classes
Oct. 1996
Middlebury College, Vermont
Master Classes and Workshops in the theater and dance dept.
California Institute for the Arts – Dance Dept. Video for Dance
 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2000
James Irvine Dance Fellowship
Cal Arts/Alpert Award in the Arts for Dance
1999
National Dance Project Grant
Lester Horn Award for Choreography
1998 Lester Horn Award for Choreography
1996 
Panel Speaker at the Dance USA Conference: The Forward Edge in Movement
Cal Arts/Alpert Award in the Arts for Dance – Nomination
Lester Horn Award for Choreography – Nomination
1995
Lester Horn Award for choreography - Nomination
Special Prize of the Jury at the Sixth Saitama Dance Competition
Martha Hill Choreography Award at the American Dance Festival
 

EDUCATION

1989-91
Master of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography – California Institute of the Arts
Produced and Choreographed five large-scale dance concerts
1988
Certificate for Analysis and Criticism of Dance – University of Surrey, England
Intensive training in Contact Improvisation
1983-87
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Dance and Film – Middlebury College, Vermont
Training in Improvisation, Choreography & Directing
 
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