STAFF

After graduation from Brockport, she taught dance and theater in Jacksonville, FL from 1995-1999. Heather then spent the next 5 years managing the dance program at Berwick Academy in Southern Maine and choreographed for the Portsmouth School of Ballet, Portsmouth, NH. She has continued her studies in dance at Bates Dance Festival, The Florida Dance Festival, The Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival and The FDEO conference where she has participated in Master Classes with Robert Atwood, Terry Creach, Clyde Evans Jr., Danny Buraczeski, Desmond Richardson and Jon Lehrer, among many others.

Since returning to the Jacksonville area, Heather has taught at various dance schools and programs including Douglas Anderson School of The Arts and St Johns Country Day School. As a faculty member at The Florida Ballet, she has choreographed two works that were performed with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. She has been a member of The New Hampshire Dance Alliance and is currently a member of The National Dance Educators Organization, and The Florida Dance Educators Organization. Heather Olschewske is an ABT certified teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Arts Leadership and Cultural Management through Colorado State University.