{"id":579,"date":"2017-01-04T22:18:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T22:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=579"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:29","slug":"heidi-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/04\/heidi-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Heidi Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heidi Cruz Austin
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Pennsylvania Ballet: Corps de Ballet (1994)<\/strong>
\nBallet X<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Heidi Cruz-Austin began her dance training at the age of four at the Dolly Haltzman Dance Academy in Allentown, PA. She went on to study at the School of American Ballet and the Pennsylvania Ballet. Ms. Cruz-Austin received an apprenticeship with Pennsylvania Ballet in 1994 and joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet in 1995. She danced numerous featured roles in her tenure there, including leads for various choreographers such as Val Caniparoli, Ben Stevenson, Alvin Ailey, Margo Sappington, Christopher d\u2019Amboise, and Matthew Neenan. She has also danced featured roles in many George Balanchine ballets, including Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, Choleric from The Four Temperaments<\/em>, and leading roles in The Nutcracker<\/em>, Serenade<\/em>, Who Cares?<\/em>, Western Symphony<\/em>, Scotch Symphony<\/em>, and Divertimento No. 15<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to dancing with Pennsylvania Ballet, Ms. Cruz-Austin danced with the Philadelphia-based company Ballet X and has performed as a guest artist throughout the United States and Europe. Cruz-Austin has been a ballet instructor for the Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts since 2009. She has also taught ballet at Bryn Mawr College and is currently a ballet adjunct professor at Muhlenberg College.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a choreographer, Ms. Cruz-Austin was a winner in the 2003 Ballet Builders showcase in New York City, in which she showcased her work. She has been commissioned to create works for Franklin and Marshall College, Bryn Mawr College, Muhlenberg College, Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts, and Repertory Dance Theater. She was a recipient of the 2004-2005 New Edge Residency at the Community Education Center of Philadelphia. She had her work performed annually in Shut Up & Dance<\/em> for several years. Cruz-Austin received a 2008 fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for her choreography. She is currently the co-artistic director as well as the resident choreographer of DanceSpora dance company.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heidi Cruz-Austin, University of the Arts<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The “Nutcracker” Apprentice Heidi Cruz Takes Next Step with PA. Ballet, The Morning Call<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instagram @hcruza<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nTwitter @heidic4u<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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