Heather Francis
MATH
DANCE
EDUCATION
RESEARCH
DESIGN
Get to know Heather Francis
Dance Teaching Artist from Salt Lake City, Utah
Heather Francis loves traveling, making lists, talking with friends, and performing, creating, and teaching dance. She has been recognized for her dance-integrated 8th grade math curriculum by Houghton Mifflin-Harcourt as the First Place Winner in their Creative Classroom’s Contest and received recognition from the Utah State Legislator and Granite School District for student’s growth in her class.
Heather works at the BYU ARTS Partnership as the Research and Curriculum Coordinator and Arts Bridge Program Director. She serves as the Publicity Chair, and Advocacy Director for the Utah Dance Education Organization, and in the dance and the Child international (daCi) organization as Chair-Elect of the daCi USA board and Board Member for daCi Utah. She taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced dance in the Granite School District, as well as 8th-grade math and social dance.
Heather has exhibited original dance works in the United States, Jamaica, and Australia for the loveDANCEmore Mudson Series, Body Logic Dance Company, Artists Interrupted, BYU Kinnect, and dance and the Child international & WDA Joint Congress. She has performed with the Dance Teacher Exchange, Ashley Anderson Dances, Body Logic Dance Company, and in works choreographed by Noa Zuk, Martha Graham, Pam Musil, Marilyn Berrett, Ashley Mott, Rachel Barker, Keely Glenn, and Serena Webb.
Heather teaches master classes in technique, choreography, improvisation, creative dance for children, aesthetics, and arts integration, across the state for elementary & secondary students, as well as their teachers.
Experience
dance education, instructional design, choreography, performance, math education, teacher training, research, creative production, design thinking, leadership
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Portfolio
choreographic works, performances, written publications, websites, instructional designs, screen dance films, social media, presentations
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Free Resources
Free resources for teachers, designers, and artists regarding math and dance integration, aesthetics education, and best practices in creative dance teaching practices.
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Blog
Read about Heather's latest research, musings, creative projects, design projects, stories, experiences and more.
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“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel”
Socrates
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ASHLEY MOTT, MFA
Park City High School
Dance Program Director
"Ms. Francis has a generous, open spirit yet clear and directed classroom management. Students respect her unanimously. I was grateful to have her as a guest choreographer for my program; her choreography was innovative, educational, and a very fun challenge for my students!"
CHRIS ROBERTS
Provo City School District
Arts Instructional Coach
"Her word-smithing talent is incredible as we have written many grants together. The lucky students that get to work with her love her because she develops this wonderful relationship with each of them. Her creativity in choreographing dances is a joy to witness. Heather not only gets things done but gets them done in the most amazing ways. It is hard to believe the ease with which Heather takes on leadership roles and how those she works with are inspired to work harder."
SARA YANNEY, MFA
Performer and Alexander Technique Instructor
"Heather uses movement, dance, spoken word, and music to playfully explore the boundaries of artistic expression with sincerity and humor."
