Heather Gillette

B.F.A., M.F.A Assistant Professor of Dance

Office: E-106
Tel. (714) 564-5640

gillette_heather@sac.edu

A former dancer with Benita Bike's DanceArt, the Gloria Newman Dance Theater, and the Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, Heather Gillette is recognized as a powerful and sensitive dancer. Ms. Gillette is an active professional, who has toured the United States and Australia. In Los Angeles, Ms. Gillette has performed with Loretta Livingston and Dancers, as well as with Notoriety, Inc. She has performed as a guest artist with Utah Opera and Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, and is a former company member of the Performing Dance Company. Before joining the Santa Ana College dance department, Ms. Gillette was on the dance faculty at Utah State University and Brigham Young University.

Ms. Gillette teaches modern and jazz dance technique, repertory, and directs the Santa Ana College Dance Touring Ensemble. She also serves as assistant production director of dance concerts. Her choreography has been seen in the gala performance of the Southwest Regional American College Dance Festival 2000, in the musical "Grease", and at concert venues in southern California. Ms. Gillette is an alumna of California State University, Long Beach and the University of Utah.