Heidi Rustgaard

In October 2004 Heidi won the Shrinking Cities competition (German Federal Cultural Foundation and Archplus) in Germany with the project Cow- the udder way, in collaboration with Ulrike Steven (artist/architect) Gareth Morris (architect) Susanne Thomas (choreographer) Eike Sindlinger (architect) and Paul Cotter (film maker). The work was shown at DAZ (The German Architectural Centre) and Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Arts, autumn 2005. The exhibition has since toured to New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Manchester, Dortmund and Montreal.

She has delivered commissions for The Place, The Victoria & Albert and Natural History Museums in London and choreographed for students at The Circus Space , London Metropolitan University, Dartington College of Arts, London Studio Centre and Manchester Metropolitan University. As a performer Heidi has worked for companies like Duckie, Clod Ensemble, seven sisters group, Colin Pool, Silence Crossing and Rorschach Collective. Heidi teaches regularly in both the UK and in Scandinavia ranging from young children to professional level at places like Laban, The Place, Millennium Dance 2000, London Contemporary Dance School, Gallery 37, Gratis Daglig Trening, Independent Dance, Greenwich Dance Agency and Youth Dance England. She is currently teaching creative movement at The Circus Space.