The Staff

Heather Maloy (Artistic Director) began her career as a choreographer shortly after joining the North Carolina Dance Theatre as a dancer in 1989. A graduate of NC School of the Arts, Maloy began her association with Salvatore Aiello, then director of NCDT, while still a student. He hired her at 17, making her the youngest full company member in NCDT’s history, and she stayed for 13 years, dancing principal and soloist roles. She began choreographing on the company at the age of 19 and created a total of six works for NCDT. Maloy has also created works for the Chautauqua Ballet and the Nashville Ballet, participated in Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s Choreoplan and set a work for NCSA’s Summer Performance Festival in Manteo, NC. In 2008, Maloy finished first in round one and third overall in the Ballet Nouveau Colorado 21st Century Choreography Competition and created a work for the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ Spring Dance performance. This year she has begun creating works for University dance programs and has so far worked with Wake Forest University and Jacksonville Community College. She has been living in Asheville, NC since 2003, where she founded the multimedia dance company Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. As a staff of one, she has done the job of both artistic and managing director as well as choreographing the majority of the company’s repertoire for its two yearly productions.

Timothy Rinehart Yeager (Ballet Master) is currently serving as ballet master for the Nashville Ballet. Prior to that he spent one season as ballet master for Charlotte’s Moving Poets Theatre of Dance after having performed with the North Carolina Dance Theatre for ten years. While with NCDT, he starred in ballets by Salvatore Aiello, Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Agnes DeMille, David Parsons and Paul Taylor among others. He has been a guest artist with the Dancer’s Ensemble, the Chautauqua Ballet and the Tampa Ballet. Mr. Yeager received his training at Sally Miller Dance, Third Street Music School Settlement, Syracuse University and the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has taught master classes and led intensive arts residencies throughout the eastern United States and is also an agent of the Salvatore Aiello estate, having staged Aiello’s works since 1996. Mr. Yeager and Ms. Maloy have been working together since 1990, forming a shared aesthetic respect that transcends a need for words and a trust that makes for the ideal environment in which to create.

Joseph Curry (Director of Outreach) has danced professionally for the last fifteen years, performing nationally and internationally. Mr. Curry spent five years with North Carolina Dance Theatre followed by eight years with Moving Poets Theatre of Dance, both based in Charlotte NC. His experience has allowed him to choreograph for the school of the North Carolina Dance Theatre as well as the Moving Poets. He has also had the opportunity to work with Opera Carolina both as dancer and choreographer.

Curry has dedicated his life to working with children by creating and leading dance outreach programs for a number of schools and dance companies such as the North Carolina Dance Theatre, Roanoke Ballet and Savannah Dance Theatre. In addition to the outreach efforts Curry has been involved in, he has also worked with young students choreographing for the schools of the Fairfax Ballet, Roanoke Ballet Theatre, the Charlotte School of Ballet, Savannah Dance Theatre and the School of The North Carolina Dance Theatre. Joseph and his wife Miranda have recently begun a new chapter in their lives with the birth of their son Cyrus James. Finding Asheville an ideal place to raise a family, Curry is looking forward to continuing his involvement in the community and has enjoyed the warm welcome he has received in the past. He looks forward to returning to Asheville and Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance with great enthusiasm and appreciates the opportunity to help usher in a new era of dance education in the region.

G. Craig Hobbs (Projections Designer) is a multimedia developer and video artist living in Asheville, NC. He completed undergraduate studies in fine art and digital synthesis at the California Institute of the Arts, and has traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia producing field recordings and documentary video.A founding member of the Asheville-based independent multimedia collective, Black Box Studio, Mr. Hobbs’ clients include Volvo, Moog Music, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center,  the NC Arts Council,  Asheville Global Report, the National Percussion Ensemble of Guinea, and Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance.Mr. Hobbs specializes in live video mixing utilizing generative video applications. His innovative use of projection surfaces has included parachutes, tetrahedrons, fog banks, fabric, people, and buildings.  Recently, his work has been featured at the following locations and events:The Wedge - SoundClash 03/ Bramble 04, The Big Idea – Panopticon, ACRC - Black Box Studio vs. FTH (NYC), the Orange Peel – Deep Sky/ Chinese New Year, Neptunalia Outdoor Festival – Touch Samadhi, Harmonic Convergence Outdoor Festival – LTJ Bukem and Sound Tribe Sector 9, and Alice – Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance.

Jeff Cravotta (Company Photographer) is based in Charlotte, NC and has worked with several dance companies over the years, including NC Dance Theatre, American Repertory Ballet, The Moving Poets, and Alban Elved. His dance photography has been seen in both Pointe and Dance Magazines, and his commercial work is often published in regional and national publications. We are very proud of our photos and Jeff's talent. To see more, visit our photo gallery as well as Jeff’s website, www.cravotta.com for more examples of his commercial, portrait, nature and travel photography.