Mrs. Heidi Adams is the Artistic Director of the River Region Ballet School of Dance and a 4-year-old head start teacher at George Washington Carver Early Learning Center in St. Charles Parish. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University earning a BGS with a concentration in Education, Management, and Performing Arts. Her education was furthered with a Master’s Degree from American College of Education. Mrs. Adams started her training at Johanna’s Jazz in Motion at age of 2. She continued many years of training at Images Dance Studio in Destrehan, LA and furthered her study at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, LA.  At the age of 11, she joined The River Region Ballet as a full member and went on to dance in works of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Coppelia, Giselle, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, and many others. Mrs. Adams has performed with Escaped, Images, River Region Drama Guild, The Swing Dance Club and at the Red River Dance Festival. Some of her favorite roles include Uncle Tom in The King and I, Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty, and The Mellon Harker in La Boutique Fantasque.  Mrs. Adams currently teaches ballet and tap and has taught creative movement, jazz, pointe, smooth style ballroom and Latin style ballroom dance. She loves being able to share her passion for dancing with others.