Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre (HDDT) will partner with various organizations at the Martin Luther King Jr Medical Campus and the local Willowbrook community to develop an artist residency that engages the MLK Recuperative Care’s long-term patients in movement activities and documentation of their stories. HDDT will collaborate with musicians from the World Stage to present artworks from local youth inspired by those stories in a free public performance at MLK for the community.
Over the past 38 years, HDD has produced over 500 original works locally, nationally and internationally, creating interdisciplinary performances in many iconic locations, including: the Ambassador Hotel, Herald Examiner Building, LA City Hall, Van Nuys Flyaway Bus Terminal, Dunbar Hotel, and on the Tall Ships at the Port of LA. Its programs reach more than 7,500 individuals each year. Led by Heidi Duckler, HDD is a company of 12 resident artists and 5 staff committed to upholding inclusiveness, consciousness, vulnerability, and connectivity through their craft.
From its inception, HDD has made accessibility and inclusion core components of its mission. HDD works to promote access and cultural equity by focusing on engagement and building public/private partnerships with the capacity to strengthen neighborhoods.