Ryan Heffington

Ryan Heffington is a dancer and choreographer based in the desert two hours outside of Los Angeles. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards for choreographing the music videos for Arcade Fire's "We Exist" (2013) and Sia's "Chandelier" (2014), winning a VMA Award for the latter.

In the mid-1990s, Heffington co-created the sexy Psycho Dance Sho' with Bubba Carr, and in the late 2000s he was the artistic director for the experimental modern dance company Hysterica. From 2006 to 2009 Heffington lead the dance troupe Fingered, which combined fast-paced Martha Graham-style choreography with genderbending costumes designed by Heffington. He has performed at bars and clubs, as well as MOCA, LACMA, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Saturday Night Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the UCLA Hammer Museum and Coachella. Heffington created the choreography for the science fiction series The OA, which debuted on Netflix in December 2016. More of his work can be seen in television, film and on stages around the world, including his work for HBO's Euphoria's musical finale, Amazon's Transparent, Spike Jonze's commercials for Kenzo (winner of the highest honor, the Titanium Lion @ the 2017 Cannes Festival), Apple's “Welcome Homepod” featuring FKA Twigs and Edgar Wright's critically acclaimed film Baby Driver.

Heffington is the owner of The Sweat Spot, a dance studio in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The space offered classes for both professional dancers and beginners in a casual atmosphere. Heffington decided to open the studio after he had hosted a roving event called Sweaty Sundays. Although the studio closed in 2020, Heffington still hosts Sweatfest and Wet Wednesdays on Instagram to thousands of dancers live.