Hannah Littman
Modern/Contemporary Morning Class Artist
Hannah Littman (they/them) is a movement artist originally from Los Angeles, currently working in Western Massachusetts and New York City. Their research draws on their longtime fascination with American media institutions to investigate what it means to be looked at by exploring endurance, ordinary movement, surreal landscapes, and audience participation, which, in turn, has sent them questioning modes of dance archive. They have performed choreography by Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, Angie Hauser, Adam Weinert, Gabby Carmichael, and Michael Figueroa. Hannah’s choreographic work has been featured at Movement Research, Green Space, and BAAD!. Additionally, they have presented their scholarly research on historical, archival approaches to understanding the activities of legacy dance institutions at conferences held by the Dance Studies Association and the American College Dance Association. Beyond their independent work, Hannah is a co-founder and the lead producer of the 46 Minutes Collective—a performance collective focused on developing time-based experimental new work and offering programming to emerging artists—through which they have developed work in-residence at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park and presented at IndyFringe Theater Festival, The Tank, and Brick Aux. Hannah holds a BA in Film and English from Vassar College and an MFA in Choreography & Performance from Smith College.