Heather maloy, artistic director

Heather Maloy is the founder, resident choreographer and artistic director of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. She has created over 20 works for Terpsicorps including three full evening length ballets. Many of these have included collaboration with musicians, composers, artists and projectionists. Heather received her training at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA). She began her professional career when she joined the North Carolina Dance Theatre (NCDT), now known as the Charlotte Ballet, at the age of 17, making her at that time the youngest dancer to be hired as a full company member in NCDT’s history. Heather stayed for thirteen years, dancing principal and soloist roles.

Mentored by NCDT artistic director, Salvatore Aiello, she choreographed her first professional work when she was only nineteen. After Aiello's death, his successor, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, commissioned her to create five more pieces for NCDT. Heather has also created a premiere for the Carolina Ballet, two for the Chautauqua Ballet, three for the Nashville Ballet and one work each for the Wake Forest and Jacksonville College Dance Departments. She has participated in the National Choreographer’s Initiative, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s Choreoplan and the Ballet Nouveau Colorado 21st Century Choreography Competition. She has also had the honor to return to UNCSA (formerly NCSA) to create a new work for the Spring Dance program and to stage her work “Le Suil Go…” for their 2007 alumni performance in Manteo, NC.