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 arate emails: one with your registration confirmation\, and another with t
 he Zoom link for the presenter’s session. *Be sure to check your spam fo
 lder!\n\n———\n\nWho Am I Now?\n\n“And now\, here is my secret\, a 
 very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly\; w
 hat is essential is invisible to the eye”   \n\n--Antoine de Saint-Exupe
 ry from "The Little Prince" \n\n \n\n“Who Am I Now?” is a presentation
  but more critically a discussion. Heidi Latsky will share her recent jour
 ney through the discovery\, surgery\, and recovery from a benign brain tum
 or that had been there for 20 years. What makes her story compelling is th
 at 55 years ago her mother had the same meningioma and she\, like her daug
 hter now\, was a vital part of her mother's support system. A few films wi
 ll be viewed to expose participants to the fierce vulnerability of HLD's d
 ancers as she explains the trajectory of her career in inclusive dance.  I
 n telling her story\, Heidi aims to connect with audiences who have lived 
 with disabilities and without. The goal is to bring everyone into the conv
 ersation to discuss and explore identity\, labels\, the disability dance l
 andscape\, the resilience of the dance and disability communities\, and no
 n-apparent disabilities that are often so misunderstood and feared. Heidi 
 will also discuss the impact of this life changing experience on her work\
 , very much influenced by her renewed deep connection with her mother who 
 died in 2004 as well as a new group of dancers who share with her similar 
 non-apparent disabilities. But most importantly\, Heidi wants the particip
 ants to understand that her story is the jumping off point but that this w
 orkshop is something the participants will guide with their questions and 
 interests.\n\n \n\n“Whatever you choose to do\, leave tracks. That means
  don’t do it just for yourself. You will want to leave the world a littl
 e better for your having lived.”\n\n--Ruth Bader Ginsburg\n\n \n\nHeidi 
 Latsky\n\nHeidi Latsky\, the New York-based multi award-winning dancer\, c
 horeographer\, filmmaker\, educator\, and Artistic Director\, is a leader 
 in the physically integrated dance field.  Her company\, Heidi Latsky Danc
 e (HLD)\, has created ground-breaking work for multiple casts of highly ta
 lented disabled and non-disabled dancers.  With a manifesto that is dedica
 ted to disrupting space\, dismantling normalcy\, and challenging contempor
 ary views on the definition of beauty\, HLD’s significant repertoire - i
 ncluding the critically-acclaimed ‘GIMP’- has been seen by audiences a
 cross the USA and abroad.\n\nAs a filmmaker Heidi has created films produc
 ed by Montclair State University in 2015 and Lincoln Center for the Perfor
 ming Arts in 2020 for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilit
 ies Act (ADA). She has also produced numerous “movement portraits” in 
 the form of films that have appeared at film festivals over the last few y
 ears\, as well as volumetric videos (holograms).\n\nAs a keynote speaker\,
  Heidi has spoken about inclusion at venues like Harvard\, Cornell Univers
 ity\, Chicago Humanities Festival\, annually with Fulbright scholars throu
 gh One to World and at multiple festivals and conferences. In 2023\, she w
 as honored by the IDEAL School of Manhattan for her social justice advocac
 y\, received the Martha Hill Fund Mid-Career Award and was chosen to be a 
 Grand Marshal for NYC’s Dance Parade.\n\nAs an educator\, she was Head o
 f Movement at the School for Film and Television in NYC for seven years an
 d has developed a series of programs\, specifically “Dancing Ourselves
 ” which teaches the core values of HLD as a complete experience.\n\nAwar
 ds received have included the NEA\; NYSCA\; Creative Capital\; Department 
 of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund & Disability Forward Fund\; 
 the Arnhold Foundation\; NYC Department of Transportation Public Activatio
 ns\; MAP Fund\; New York Community Trust\; Canada Council for the Arts\; H
 arkness Foundation for Dance\; MidAtlantic Arts Foundation\; Shelley & Don
 ald Rubin Foundation\; Google’s Creative Lab\; Craig H. Neilsen Foundati
 on\; Inaugural Disability Forward Fund Recipient\; NYC Department of Cultu
 ral Affairs\; Dance/NYC Dance. Disability. Artistry.\n\nThe company’s mo
 st significantly accessible work\, commissioned by NYC’s Mayor’s Offic
 e for People with Disabilities in 2015 for the 25th anniversary of the ADA
 \, is the powerful ON DISPLAY\, a site-specific sculpture court series. 
 ‘ON DISPLAY’ is also performed annually and globally in over 30 countr
 ies both live and on Zoom on December 3rd honoring the UNs’ Internationa
 l Day of Persons with Disabilities.\n\nHeidi is currently working on a new
  evening length dance\, TRACKING PARALLEL\, based on the 55-year gap betwe
 en her mother at 33 undergoing brain tumor surgery and Heidi undergoing th
 e same this year.  The piece\, featuring 10 dancers most of whom have non-
 apparent disabilities\, will investigate the experience of living with suc
 h disabilities. She is also now interested in telling her story and facili
 tating discourse through a new speaking series titled “Who am I now?” 
 and a series of films WHAT IS ESSENTIAL featuring dancers with non-apparen
 t disabilities.\n\n \n\n--------------------------------------------------
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