VT
Hanna Satterlee is a NEST-elligible choreographer, dancer, performer and director currently based in Vermont.
Hanna Satterlee creates performance experiences and conceptual artworks for stage, site and film. Hanna holds degrees and certifications in dance therapy, psychology, performance, choreography, vinyassa/yin/restorative yoga, non-profit management and arts integration. Hanna shares these passions as an intergenerational educator, interdisciplinary performer + collaborator, experimental curator and event producer.
Hanna holds a double BA in Dance/Psychology with a concentration in Dance Therapy from Goucher College, and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Since 2006 Hanna has been a dancer in many US companies and collaborative performance groups, has worked internationally as an independent artist, choreographer, and movement and mindfulness teacher, and has received many grants and awards to support her performance, dance film and curatorial work. From 2010-15 Hanna served as the Director of Professional Programming & Director of Teen Jazz at the Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier Vermont, and has been a guest lecturer at Johnson State College and Middlebury College, adjunct faculty at Vermont Law School, the University of Vermont and Northern Vermont University, and currently at Saint Michael's College.
In May ’17 Hanna founded the Vermont Dance Alliance, and served as the Executive Director through June 2021.
Hanna launched ANIMAL Dance Performance and Production Company in 2022.
ANIMAL Dance Company's artistic work highlights the sentience shared between species, honoring the ephemeral language of the body in motion. Following the success of our first evening length tour of the "Tender Hearts" performance, the company will continue to create and perform a new work to tour on a yearly basis. Our show "This Is Also Possible" is ready to tour throughout New England and beyond in 2025.
ANIMAL Dance's curations and productions are designed to support independent artists, through informal and formal performances, artists' exchange groups, and classes and workshops. In January 2024 & January 2025, ANIMAL Dance produced the first ever INSTINCT Experimental Dance Festival in Burlington Vermont.
In continuous conversation as a curator, an educator, a choreographer and a performer, Hanna is as passionate for the form of dance as she is in connecting people to it.
Additional Content:
"Whem" performance by ANIMAL Dance. June 29th 2024 @ Barre Opera House in Barre, VT.
"Whem," an 18 minute piece, was the first iteration of what would become our full length production "This Is Also Possible."
With 13 participating Vermont dancers accumulating per month, the work abstractly tells a story of the journey to connection.
"Gesture" performance. December 3, 2022 in the Fleming Museum's Marble Court, Burlington VT.
"Gesture" was a collaboration between the Fleming Museum and Hanna Satterlee, Nicole Dagesse, and Jessie Owens. The dancers immersed themselves in the artwork of Rockwell Kent and the Fleming architecture for eight weeks to create this immersive show.
View all works here!
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Performing Group
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
2022
Institution/Business Type:
Performing Group
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
2022
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Dance - GeneralAdditional Disciplines:
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NEST Eligible Artist
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Fee Range:
$3,000 - $20,000State of Residence:
VermontMinimum Number of Performers:
1Maximum Number of Performers:
10NEST Eligible Artist
Technical Requirements:
Fee Range:
$3,000 - $20,000State of Residence:
VermontMinimum Number of Performers:
1Maximum Number of Performers:
10