Heather Himes Beal

Heather Beal is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago with her B.A. in dance.  She was a principle dancer with the Katherine Dunham Museum Children’s Workshop Performance Company from the age of six into young adulthood. She performed with the company around the United States and France. She has also performed in Black Nativity, Raisin, Tell Me Somethin’ Good, Dreamgirlsand Guys & Dolls at The Black Rep and several productions at the St. Louis MUNY.

Heather currently teaches Dunham Technique at Washington University in St. Louis and at The City Studio and is the development associate for the Black Rep. She has choreographed The Me Nobody Knows, Rivers of Women and Le Freak C’est Chic.

Heather would like to thank her family and loved ones for their continued support, Katherine Dunham for her legacy, and God for the gift of dance.