Embracing Community & Environment Through the Door of Movement
About
A Keyhole Residency is a community and environmental experience, using guided movement activities to foster creativity, empowerment, collaboration, and innovation. Groups learn about the spaces they inhabit, their community dynamics, and find new options for using their environment to fill their community’s needs. Keyhole takes an interdisciplinary approach, creating unique experiences for each group. And each group Keyhole works with is different – educational, arts-based, non-profit, public space, architectural, environmental, or corporate.
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Working with you, we create an individualized residency package for your site and group. This can include workshop, lecture, and performance elements. Workshops are geared to all levels of ability, and adaptable to persons with disabilities.
Projects
Selected Past Keyhole Projects:
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National Building Museum, Washington DC - workshops, lecture, performances
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Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY - workshops
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Webster University, St. Louis MO - workshops
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Pomona College, Claremont CA - workshop
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One Year Lease Theater Co - Summer Program, Papingo, Greece - residency & performance
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American Institute of Architects-Cmte on Architecture for Ed Conf., San Francisco CA - panel & workshop
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TA Moulton Barn - Grand Teton National Park, Moose WY - performance
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Evergreen Museum & Library, Baltimore MD - workshops & performances
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Goucher College, Baltimore MD - workshop
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LA Visual & Performing Arts High School, Los Angeles CA - workshops & performance
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Assoc. for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Ed Conf., Los Angeles CA - mini-sessions
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insideMovement, Los Angeles CA - series of filmed studies investigating the intersection of dance, image, & environment
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Fallingwater, Mill Run PA - workshop & performances
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National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson WY - performance
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Main Hall Carillon & Clock Tower - Univ. of Montana, Missoula MT - performances
Praise
"The culminating performances were a true exploration of human movement in built space...(Heather's) sincere respect for the building and its stories were reflected in her artistry, as she brought life to the many different kinds of people who’d interacted with the building over 130 years."
Theresa Esterlund, National Building Museum Vice President for Education, 2014-2020; Owner, Open to Being, LLC
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“Ms. Sultz is enthusiastic and engaging, and allowed us to see and experience a building I thought I had known in new ways. A transformational experience.”
Cara Armstrong, Fallingwater Curator, 2002 – 2010; Director, School of Architecture & Art, Norwich University
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“Keyhole was incredible – a total game changer. I didn’t know it was possbile to fall in love with our space.”
Corporate Client, New York City
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"What you did in two hours was terrific...you made a strong immediate connection with (us), and I was then able to reference the work you did with (us) over the rest of the semester."
Gabrielle Cody, Professor, Deptartment of Drama, Vassar College
“Ms. Sultz created an engaging, sensitive, and respectful new way to see a historic building and its collections…culminating her residency with an ethereal progressive dance performance (which) engaged museum visitors in a completely new way. The process afforded by Ms. Sultz was as beatifully choreographed as the actual performances. Ms. Sultz made Evergreen come to life with such vision.”
James Archer Abbott, Director & Curator, Evergreen Museum & Library, 2007-2018; Executive Director and Curator, Wright's Ferry Mansion
“The thing I liked best about Heather was that I did not feel stupid waltzing around Fallingwater – and it takes a very special teacher for me not to feel stupid when I am out of my comfort zone.”
Kay York, Special Education Educator, Houston ISD
“Working with Ms. Sultz was a pleasure and a great collaboration. The piece she created for the National Museum of Wildlife Art interacted with the architecture and formed links to the museum’s collection, which led the audience to create connections through her dance/movement work.”
Bronwyn Minton, Former Associate Curator of Art, National Museum of Wildlife Art; Executive Director, Art Association of Jackson Hole
“I had the opportunity to learn from Heather during the Fallingwater Teacher’s Residency. As a non-athletic, non-dancing 45-year-old adult, I was initially hesitant. Heather’s openness and welcoming attitude helped me gain confidence to find joy in self-expressive movement.”
Kristin Baker, Gifted Students Educator, Mansfield NJ Township Elementary
“Ms. Sultz's work is intricate, clear, refined, and accessible. She masterfully blends conceptual intricacy with emotional sensitivity to human experience to uncover, define, and explore the internal and external elements of our human landscapes.”
Ashley Mott, Arts and Humanities Educator, Artist and Choreographer; Former Dance Director, Park City High School
Contact
For availability and pricing inquiries, or for more information,
please contact Heather Sultz directly at: mail@keyholeresidencies.com.
Thanks for your interest - we look forward to hearing from you!
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