Director of Dance
Heather Dennen, Director of Dance, Community Arts School, began her training in New York City where she trained extensively in multiple dance genres. She traveled nationally, competing and winning multiple awards, top honors and titles. After graduation, Miss Dennen worked with Ohio Dance Theatre performing in ballets such as The Nutcracker, Firebird, The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. She then went on to do a national and international tour of Sesame Street Live, Super Grover Ready For Action! as the first cast role of Zoe. After completing her years on tour, Miss Dennen began pursuing her passion for dance education and choreography. Certified at the highest levels through Dance Masters of America and the Cecchetti Council of America, she has been teaching various dance genres and choreographing for over ten years. Miss Dennen has expanded her choreography credits to include musicals, figure skating programs and gymnastic floor routines at the national level. Since January of 2019, Miss Dennen has been the Director of Dance for the Baldwin Wallace Community Arts School. Here she not only teaches, but also provides curriculums, program structure and shapes the culture found at CAS dance. As of 2022, Miss Dennen also serves as adjunct faculty for Baldwin Wallace University and is enjoying the additional experience of working with undergraduate students.