Welcome.

Hannah is a multidisciplinary dance artist, residing and making in Chicago.

Please navigate this space freely and learn more about her past, present, & future projects below.

Credentials/Highlights

 

Choreography

 

2020-Present Choreographer for Yuge Zhou’s film series, “Love Letters” (Art on theMart, Chicago / Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago / LA Public Library, Los Angeles)

2021 CoMISSION resident at Links Hall (Chicago)

2021 Roman Susan Art Gallery resident (Chicago)

2019 Featured artist at Human Cluster Project’s Art House Shuffle (Colorado)

2019 Resident Choreographer at Miller’s Dance Studio (Colorado)

2019 Blue Daring Creative Challenge artist (Chicago)

2018 Linkage Artist at Links Hall (Chicago)

 

Performance

 

2022-Present “The Function” by Erin Kilmurray (Museum of Contemporary Art & Mana Contemporary, Chicago / Philly FRINGE Fest, Philadelphia)

2021 “Hatorade Retrograde: The Musical” by Lise Haller-Baggessen (Chicago)

2021 THAW | Commissioned solo performance for Links Hall Annual Fundraiser Showcase (Chicago)

2019 45th Anniversary Gala Showcase at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago

2018 “Elevator to Stairs” | Commissioned solo performance work (Links Hall - Chicago)

2016-2018 Company Dancer for The Seldoms (Chicago)

2016 & 2018 Project Dancer for Onye Ozuzu’s, “Black Saint & the Sinner Lady” & “Touch My Beloved’s Thought” (Chicago: Pritzker Pavillion at Millenium Park & Links Hall)

 

Teaching

 

2019-2020 Residency Dance Instructor/Choreographer at Miller’s Dance Studio (Aurora, Colorado, USA)

2016-2019 Residency Dance Instructor at Chicago Park District/The Seldoms (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

2016 Primary& Middle School Dance Specialist at Boston Pre-Kindergarten-8th grade School (Denver, Colorado, USA)

2015 Collegiate Teaching Assistant at Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

2012 Resident Assistant Choreographer at Denver School of the Arts (Denver, Colorado, USA)

2012-2016 Guest Teaching Artist & Instructor at Sweatshop Dance (Denver, Colorado, USA)

2011-2016 Guest Teaching Artist & Instructor at Miller’s Dance Studio (Aurora, Colorado, USA)


hannah.santistevan@gmail.com

Chicago, IL, USA