Hannah Fischer, Visiting Artist 

Hannah Fischer is an artist and choreographer originally from the Midwest who relocated to Salt Lake City in 2018. She has spent the bulk of her nearly 15-year career making dance in many community constellations. 

Fischer holds a BA in Humanistic Studies from Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame and an MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. Additionally, she has a Graduate Screendance Certificate and a Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis Certificate, both of which frame her ongoing creative work. In her time at the University of Utah, Fischer was awarded a rare Graduate Research Fellowship for her research on the ethics of touch in university dance education.

In her choreographic career, Fischer has created a large body of work. She created much of the work as founding director of Fischer Dance in South Bend, IN, and as assistant director for Leverage Dance Theater in St. Louis, MO. Her creative work ranges from small, intimate environments to large-scale interdisciplinary collaborations.

Fischer has received support for her creative work through an Individual Artist Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission, the Margaret Hill Visiting Artist Endowment, the Fauman Foundation Fund, the Catherine-Dooley Grant for Peace and Justice, and was an associate artist in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2014 and 2020. Fischer has received numerous awards for her teaching and artmaking, including a dance video editing award from Experimental Dance and Music Festival in LA (2023).

OPEN CLASS with HANNAH

presented in partnership with Karlovsky & Company Dance

SATURDAY, 10:30am - 12pm

Grandel Theater (upstairs in the Grand Hall)
3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis, 63103

Suggest donation $10
Donations can be made on-site via Venmo, Apple Pay, Paypal, Cash or Credit Card

Hannah Fischer teaches a release-based technique class for adult modern dancers. The class draws on Bartenieff Fundamentals, directions and counter directions, sweeping and swinging sensations, inversions, and personal musicality. It will begin slowly on the floor and move into the center, finishing with traveling combinations for flying and falling. Dancers of all abilities are welcome in class, and modifications are provided and encouraged.

Collaborative Laboratory for Audiences & Dancers

Sunday, 2pm, Hope UCC

6273 Eichelberger Street, Saint Louis, MO 63109

Leverage Collaborative Laboratories are designed for audiences to take part in the dance making process. Choreographer and Artistic Director of Fischer Dance, Hannah Fischer will share her process for building a piece live on Leverage Dance Theater, through discussion and collaboration with the audience.

You can look forward to a 'dance menu' that will inform your decisions, as well as a laid back, communal atmosphere. As the dancers and Hannah develop material, you will see your choices play out in real time. We sincerely hope to have you in attendance. Our evening afternoon will be rounded out beverages and snacks.

This event is presented in partnership with Sports Medicine & Training Center is and is being hosted by Hope UCC.