About

Heidi Bunting was an independent artist and a faculty member in the dance program at Grant MacEwan College from 1993 until closure in May 2005. Heidi obtained a BA in dance from the University of Oregon, and following, went to New York where she choreographed and performed as part of the independent village and SoHo scene of the 1970's.

• Biography
  

  heidi bunting, corey hamm in l'escalier du diable. imagen photography

  Heidi joined Dan Wagoner and Dancer's in 1975, performing and touring extensively throughout North America and Europe for seven seasons. During this time she was a frequent teacher at the Wagoner studio in NYC as well as Guest Faculty for Modern Dance at Princeton Ballet Society in Princeton, NJ. Returning to her native Idaho in 1982, Heidi founded Buntingdance, directed her own school and was on the dance faculty at Boise State University.

  Immigrating to Canada in 1986 she began a long-term association with Edmonton presenter Brian Webb Dance Company. Her choreography and performance was also presented in Edmonton by Mile Zero Dance Company, Visualeyez Festival; in Calgary by Dancer's Studio West, Alberta Dance Showcase at Fluid Festival; in Vancouver by The Story of Force and Motion, Dancing on the Edge Festival, The Kiss Project; in Winnipeg by The School of Contemporary Dancers and in the United States by Idaho Dance Theater.

  Heidi has taught at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, The School of Contemporary Dancers, CADA/West, Harbour Dance Centre and SMMO in Vancouver, Circuit-est centre choreographie in Montreal and for Good Women Dance Society in Edmonton.

  Heidi thanks the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Lee Fund for the Arts Award and the Edmonton Arts Council/City of Edmonton for support. Heidi received a Silver Centennial Medallion from the Province of Alberta for her contribution within the Arts Community as Artist and Advocate for the Arts. Heidi now lives in British Columbia.

• Artist Statement
  

  from the pulsar project. imagen photography

  My work is abstract, and noted for its poly-attentiveness. I embrace a fast and flexible approach with more than one thing going on at a time, which allows each audience member the opportunity to experience freedom of individual perception. My choreography is heavily influenced by dancing with Dan Wagoner, where I was introduced to two primary influences: Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor.

  Like Cunningham, my choreography contains neither plot nor linear progression. Instead I utilize chance structure, a choreographic process that embraces disjunctive ordering as its guiding principle. As with Taylor, music plays a significant role in my work and I weave the choreography into the musical accompaniment as if it were an additional instrument.

• Collaborators
  • Tamara Bliss costume design, edmonton, ab
  • Brian Webb Dance Company presenter, edmonton, ab
  • Dave Clarke composer and sound design, edmonton, ab
  • Jim Cockey composer, boise, id, usa
  • David Fraser lighting design, calgary, ab
  • Julie Funk interpreter, calgary, ab
  • k.g. Guttman interpreter, montreal, qc
  • Corey Hamm pianist, vancouver, bc
  • Ainsley Hillyard interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Alison Kause interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Alida Kendell interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Amy Kubanek interpreter, vancouver, bc
  • Walter Kubanek interpreter, vancouver, bc
  • Naomi Lefebvre Sell interpreter, london, england, uk
  • Kathy Metzger-Corriveau interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Krista Minken interpreter, calgary, ab
  • Gerry Morita choreographer, edmonton, ab
  • G. Gordon Nicholson composer, mt. pelerin, switzerland
  • Ronda Nychka, interpreter, toronto, on
  • Kathy Ochoa interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Deanna Peters interpreter, vancouver, bc
  • Gabriella Rehak interpreter, winnipeg, mb
  • Don Ross clarinetist, edmonton, ab
  • Kate Stashko interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Bobbi Todd interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Jodie Vandekerkhove interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Raena Waddell interpreter, edmonton, ab
  • Ashlea Watkin interpreter, nanaimo, bc
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