Biography

Hayley Duplantier is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and historian based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She is trained in the genres of contemporary, modern, classical ballet, contemporary ballet, tap, and jazz. In 2019 she obtained Bachelors of Arts in both History and in Dance from Southeastern Louisiana University. While at Southeastern Louisiana University, she was a performer and choreographer for the resident contemporary dance company, Dance Performance Project, and the resident improvisation based dance company, Dance Performance Project 2.

She earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Dance at Texas Woman’s University where she is researching the merging of her two interests, dance and history, in the form of choreographic works that utilize dance as a means to educate audiences on historical events and their long-term impacts on humanity. Additionally she teaches Dance History, World Dance, Tap, and Ballet at the University of Texas Dallas, and Collin County College.