Heather Shea grew up dancing in Salt Lake City, Utah with Roland Butler and the Ballet West Academy under the direction of William Christiansen, but then left dance to pursue a BA in Environmental Studies. At the age of 28, she rededicated herself to dancing and received her BFA in Dance from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2006. While there, she toured with the UCSB Dance Company throughout California, Mexico, Ohio and New York City.

She was also featured as a soloist in the reconstruction of Jose Limon’s work, “Psalm” and produced an evening length work with choreographer Marcos Duran called “In the Bedroom”. She has taught dance throughout Santa Barbara since 2001 and thoroughly enjoys inspiring young and old dancers alike in the pursuit of self-expression through movement.