Heather Laura Gray

Heather Laura Gray has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer, which informs her process as a choreographer and movement director.

Her journey has led her to weave in and out of the commercial and concert sectors of choreography. Credit highlights include Paramount’s Monster High: The Movie for which she received her first Children’s and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, Monster High: The Movie Sequel, Henry Danger: The Movie for Nickelodeon, Snow Day for Nickelodeon and Paramount+ (Emmy nominated), six seasons of the CW series Riverdale (Leo nominated), Jojo Siwa’s movie musical The J Team for Paramount (Emmy-nominated), the Academy Award winner John Ridley‘s feature film Needle In A Timestack for Lionsgate and BRON Studios.

Heather’s live work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Shadbolt Centre, Dance All Sorts, Dances for a Small Stage, Pop Up Dances, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), Eco Fashion Week and Soundbites Festival in New York City.

Heather has been commissioned by Ballet Kelowna, “the response.” dance company, Hfour’s SPRING LIGHTS for The City of Vancouver, Lamon Dance Company, Coastal City Ballet along with the American Spoken Word artist Mahogany Brown. Her full length contemporary dance piece THE TUNNEL was quoted by the Georgia Straight – “Expect dramatic and haunting visual effects and raw yet honed dance”.

Heather has trained in contemporary dance and danced professionally for contemporary choreographers Amber Funk Barton, Claire French, Martha Carter and Judith Garray for over 8 years, performing a multitude of contemporary full length works.

Heather entered into the world of arts & entertainment through acting. She worked in film and television, voiceover and print in Vancouver at a young age. She soon found a deep connection to dance that led her to train with Arts Umbrella (Vancouver), L’Ecole Superieur de Danse du Quebec (Montreal), and Goh Ballet Academy (Vancouver) where she learned ballet, flamenco, Chinese fan dancing, Russian character dance, jazz and modern. Heather performed full length ballets touring with the Goh Ballet to China and France.

She then moved to Toronto where she began working in musical theatre and honing her singing as well as street style dance skills. She landed her first chorus role in a Charlottetown musical where she understudied the lead. She sang in three original musicals for Disney Cruise Lines playing such roles as Cinderella, Belle, Meg and more. Heather continued to work in musical theatre as she danced in film and television, and acted in independent films.

After five years in Toronto, Heather returned to Vancouver where she was able to play a multitude of characters on screen and in plays. Selected credits include The Chris Isaak Show, Dead Like Me, Earthsea, the Lizzie McGuire Movie (choreographed by Marty Kudelka and Kelly Konno), The Score (choreographed by Crystal Pite).

Heather took interest in producing plays, directing and choreographing stage shows with a profound curiosity in the art of choreography. She immersed herself in street style training (popping, b-girling, wouse, waacking & vogueing) and took part in many choreography-focused research and development opportunities.

Through master classes Heather continues to share her experiences and knowledge hoping to help shape the next generation of dancers and choreographers with other community leaders.