Hannah Haines

Guest Instructor (photo credit: Baylee Call Photography)

Hannah Haines is a dancer, choreographer and educator based in Southern Maine. She graduated with a BA in Anthropology, and Dance with a concentration in performance and choreography from Skidmore College in May 2019. While at Skidmore Hannah had the opportunity to perform works by Skidmore faculty Denise Warner Limoli, Erika Pujic, Mary Harney, Jason Ohlberg, and works by Earl Mosley, Ohad Naharin, Paul Taylor, Danny Grossman, and Isadora Duncan. She has studied as an Apprentice with Lori Belilove and the Isadora Duncan Dance Company, and performed in multiple productions with Ballet Bloom Project under the direction of Rose Hutchens, and with Natural Opposite in the original cast of the story ballet The Queen of Nori under the direction of Holly Stone. Hannah has presented her own choreography in film and live performances at Engine Gallery, The Frances Tang Teaching Museum, and the American Dance Festival's Movies by Movers film festival. She is currently the director of Biddeford Movement Map—a collection of virtual and live movement based events and offerings that explore the history and development of Biddeford, ME.  Hannah teaches ballet, contemporary and modern dance to students ages 8 through adults, and is pursuing her 200 hr Yoga Teacher Certification through the Fluid School (projected graduation May 2023). Hannah believes that all students have the capacity to experience the physical and emotional benefits of dance and seeks to craft a student-centered classroom led by a sense of curiosity.