Class Name: Let's Do Some Steps
Teacher: Heather Lang
Teacher Bio: Heather Lang is a multifaceted artist with over 25 years of professional experience spanning Broadway, Film/TV, commercial, experimental, fashion, opera, and dance. This vast range influences the way she directs and choreographs.

Her first film, "Simulation", she created with her childhood best friend, Purdie Baumann. "Simulation" received a Jury’s Choice Award from the Thomas Edison FF, was nominated for Best Art Direction & Best Music in the London Fashion FF and won Best Choreography and Best Fashion in the Canadian International Fashion FF. It was an official selection in the New York International Shorts Festival, Portland Dance FF, ADF's movies by movers, and deadCenter FF. They are featured in Directors Notes and a Forbes article.

Over the years, she directed and wrote a student film, #Blessed, and a music video for an original song written by Eleanor Bauer and herself, named, Trash Is Fierce. She also wrote and performed a two person show, in collaboration with Eleanor Bauer, "The Heather Lang Show by Eleanor Bauer and Vice Versus", that travelled throughout Europe and NYC. She created and performed a solo work in NYC: RIP/Career Transitions for Dancers. She co-choreographed and performed with Jason Parsons in the short dance film Artifice, directed by Kate Harpootlian. She co-choreographed, devised, and performed a principal role for the recent immersive show "Life and Trust". She is currently developing more film projects. Femme Florale was funded by the Queens Art Fund and will make its debut in early fall 2025. She is also creating a NYC dance show that spawned from Simulation.

Currently, Heather is an associate director and faculty member at the Bridge (Stacey Tookey) She is on faculty at Momen (Al Blackstone), Protege Movement (Stacey Tookey), and guest artist at Steps Conservatory, Steps guest Spotlight Series, & Peridance and throughout the country. She has been a guest speaker at UCLA, UT Austin and Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University.She is Level 1 Gyrotonic Method Certified. She received her BFA in dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Continuing Education at The School of Visual Arts (SVA): Directing & How to Make Film. Chita Rivera Award Nominee. Dance magazine article.

Performing Experience:

Film credits: I Am Legend, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Across the Universe, Smurfs, Frances Ha, The Great Observer TV: “Fosse/Verdon,” “Tick, Tick...Boom”, "Beauty", “yes, and…” Ariana Grande music video , "Not the Doctor" Music Video Alanis Morisette Tour, “Who Cares” Paul McCartney music video, “Smash,” “Rescue Me,” “Gossip Girl,” VH1 “Fashion Rocks,” David Letterman, Seth Myers. Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, An American In Paris (Chris Wheeldon), Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Julie Taymor). Theatre: City Center Encores: The Life (Billy Porter) Opera: Faust, Damnation of Faust, Grendel (Julie Taymor & Anjelin Prelocaj) Off-Broadway: Life & Trust (Teddy Bergman & The Kuppermans) Seeing You (Randy Weiner & Ryan Heffington), Gregorian (Matthew Greene), Happy We’ll Be and Freddie Falls in Love (Al Blackstone). Dance: Radio City Rockettes, New Work for the Desert and Catacomb (Beth Gill), Remains (John Jasperse), several fashion weeks (Ryan Heffington, Mara Hoffman, Laura Seigal), and several broadway & off-bway workshops (Masquerade, Addams Family, Dangerous Beauty, Camp)

Class Description: Heather Lang’s classes are an extension of her creative process and values. It's about playing, experimenting and what she refers to as a "down to clown groovey exploratorium". She leads a warm-up inspired by PT, body conditioning, house, Zumba, jazz, and modern. She incorporates improv/dance composition tasks and teaches a phrase that pulls from many styles. She is collaborative and creates an environment for artist to take risks. Heather believes in the community, the healing, the embodiment, and the ever-knowing power of dance.

When: 4/16 & 4/23 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Taylor Dance West, 307 W. 38th St., 9th floor
Price: $25
Link: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=463013&stype=-7&sTG=53&sVT=1095&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=04/16/26