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Hannah Newman

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company

Hannah was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. She graduated from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in May 2016 with a double major in Dance and English. During her time at The Ailey School, she had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Matthew Rushing, Jae Man Joo, Francesca Harper, Christopher Huggins, Taryn Kaschock Russell, and Hope Boykin.  She has performed professionally with Gibney Dance, Arch Contemporary Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Texture Contemporary Ballet. For the past two years, she has also taught and performed dance in prisons during her time working with Shining Light Ministries, an organization that takes artists into secure facilities to bring hope to the inmates through the arts. She is an apprentice in the Peridance Contemporary Dance Company.