about.
Colin Heininger is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher based in New York City. He has recently danced for Twyla Tharp, ZviDance, and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, where he has also served as company coordinator and is currently rehearsal director. Originally from Hollidaysburg, PA, Colin graduated as an Honors Scholar with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Musical Theater from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he was named the Valedictorian of the School of Dance and received a full tuition scholarship. In the past couple of years, Colin has set work on Peridance Contemporary Dance Company and the Youth Ensemble at Peridance, was commissioned to create a new work in New Hampshire for the Lila Dance Festival, has premiered works at The Brick Theater during several ?!:New Work festivals, and also has shown work at Dixon Place. This fall he is creating a new work on the Ailey/Fordham BFA program and is a choreographer for Dance Lab New York.
photo by Eli Nino
As a dancer they have performed works by Twyla Tharp, Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, johannes wieland, Robert Battle, Netta Yerushalmy, Andrea Miller, Helen Simoneau, Beth Gill, Sidra Bell, Norbert de la Cruz III, Adam Barruch, Yue Yin, Yoshito Sakuraba, Alice Klock, Jae Man Joo, Tommie Waheed-Evans, and Igal Perry. In addition, Colin attended the Jacob's Pillow Contemporary program and Springboard Danse Montreal. Outside of the company, Colin teaches on faculty at the School of Peridance and is also a professional math tutor.
