Hi! I’m Heth.

I am a queer, white, fat, dancer living and teaching in oakland. my dad once told me that i’ve been making dances since before i could walk or crawl. my mom danced in high school and still likes to shimmy here and there. tap has been one of my favorite ways to dance because of the never-ending rhythms we can create together. rhythm is the thread that weaves throughout all the mediums i use as an artist: video, sound, and dance. These days, i dance for queer joy and fat liberation. i am incredibly grateful to be nestled in a community of artists and would not be where i am today without the support of friends and family. in all of my creative practices, laughter is encouraged and joy is centered.

I love witnessing folks of all sizes and abilities find their own connection to dance and their body.

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Heather Stockton (she/they) is a choreographer, educator, and multi-disciplinary collaborator with a passion for collective, creative growth and systemic change. Heather is the Co-Artistic Director and founder of the local dance collective, Wax Poet(s), where she dances between roles as director, choreographer, and performer. she recently co-founded sweet ‘n sour with aiano nakagawa. Heather has choreographed and produced evening-length shows at queering dance festival, oak (2020, 2022), ODC Theater, SF (2019), CounterPulse, SF (2018), Joe Goode Annex, SF (2016), and Noh Space, SF (2014). Her choreographies have been presented nationally at On the Boards Theater (SEA), Velocity Dance Center (SEA), Littlefield Concert Hall (OAK), Temescal Arts Center (OAK), Lisser Theater (OAK), Harvard University (MA), and Landis Performing Arts Center (RIV). After receiving her BFA Cum Laude and MFA in Choreography and Performance with an emphasis in social justice at Mills College, Heather joined the faculty of Luna Dance Institute where she has been an educator and action researcher for seven years. She presented Action Research in a Choreographic Laboratory at the NDEO conference in 2019, and co-presented Dismantling Ableism in Dance Education in 2020. they were a guest panelist for culturally responsive teaching: humanizing dance education and special education in the arts. Heather is energized by community practices with an intersectional lens. As a fat dancer, she works towards liberation for all bodies and ability in dance.