Heidi Henderson

Heidi Henderson, costumer and choreographer, is beginning a process of performing Blackwork Embroidery. As the choreographer for elephant JANE dance, a 5 time recipient of the RI State Council on the Arts Choreography Fellowship, she has been making dances in RI since 1997. She danced in several companies in NYC before leaving to teach and have kids. She has been sewing and embroidering since childhood, with a long stint as a couture sewer in NYC specializing in detailed hand sewing. She is a Professor at Connecticut College, teaching quilting, dance costuming, and multiple movement forms.