collaborators

Hannah Straney (she/her), born and raised in New York, is a freelance dancer, film maker and arts programmer. She earned a BFA in Dance Performance from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance and has received additional training from TNUA in Taipei, Taiwan. While studying Hannah performed works by Shannon Gillen, Sidra Bell, Tom Weinberger, George Balanchine, Azure Barton, Larry Keigwin and others. Upon graduating Hannah toured nationally with Dirty Dancing, and was then invited to join Company XIV, where she spent four years as a singer, dancer, and actor. Hannah served as the associate choreographer for NYC’s immersive experience, ‘The Stranger’, assisting Tislarm Bouie, and originating a role in the show. She frequently works with the Merce Cunningham trust, and most recently performed in the 2023 Rockaway Beach Sessions restaging of Beach Birds. Currently, Hannah is working with Skyla Schreter Dance, Kimberly Bartosik, Liz Gerring and Cornfield Dance. She is a producer at Retrograde Studios, in Brooklyn, NY and is artistically sponsored by The Creative outpost in Little Falls, NY.