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Heidi Yu

Dance Scientist, Lecturer

Dance

Studying my MSc in Trinity Laban was an incredible journey. Learning from elite researchers and practitioners in the field, utilising cutting edge equipment for research and practice, attending conferences and seminars that help building the very first step of my career… I could not ask for a better experience.

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Biography

Heidi Yu graduated with an MSc Dance Science in 2018. She is now a Lecturer of Dance Science at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where she had completed her MFA in Dance prior to studying at TL. Heidi was previously a research assistant at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and also worked in the Healthier Dancer Programme at One Dance UK. This experience coupled with her extensive background in professional ballet training has inspired Heidi’s teaching, which now focuses on promoting a holistic approach to healthy dance practice, centering around dancers as “artistic athletes”.