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Updated 7/24/2024

Hannah Wasielewski

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Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Hannah Wasielewski (she/her) is a dancer, performer, educator, and biodynamic craniosacral therapist based in Portland, Maine, the traditional territory of the Wabanaki Confederacy.  She has been engaged in choreographic practice as a soloist and in collaboration since 2012, working throughout North America and abroad in Europe.  Her practice today is centered around contact improvisation, experimental contemporary dance forms, and healing through radical performance.

Formally, based in San Francisco, her work with Amy Wasielewski has been produced by SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts (SF,CA), West Wave Dance Festival (SF,CA), FRESH Festival, James Graham Dance Theater(SF,CA), Finnish Hall (Berkeley, CA), and Joe Goode Annex (SF,CA).

As a performer, she has worked with Sara Shelton Mann (CA/Europe), FAKE Company/Kathleen Hermesdorf (CA/Europe), Daiane Lopes da Silva(CA), Sam Stone(CA), and Sara Kraft/ KraftyWorks(CA) and was a company member with Kinetech Arts(CA) for two years.

Her current collaboration, (ii) Imaginary Island, with Kristen Stake (Portland, ME), is a Maine-based lifelong dance process centered around healing, grieving, and improvisation.  They performed at NEFA’s New England Now’s Regional Dance Initiative at the ICA in Boston in March 2022 and various engagements throughout Maine and New England.

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Hannah Wasielewski (She/hers)
Job Title: Choreographer, Dancer, Bodyworker
Phone: 2078374946
Address:
Portland, ME 04101

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2011

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2011

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 5

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations

Geographic Reach:

  • National
  • International
  • State
  • County
  • Town / City
  • Multi-State Region
  • Multi-County Region

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • BCSTNA- Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • BCSTNA- Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America

Awards

Awards:

  • Central for Cultural Innovation
  • Theater Bay Area
  • New England Dance Fund Network
  • Maine Arts Commission Springboard Grant

Education

Education:

  • BA in Dance Choreography and Dance Science with Honors in Dance Performance, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD. Graduated 2011.
  • Certification in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
  • Somatic Experiencing Institute, Beginner Year

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Fee range:

$30 - $100

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Fee range:

$30 - $100

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Sound System
  • Electricity for 3 Colored LEDs

Fee Range:

$500 - $5,000

State of Residence:

Maine

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

4