Office Location

 Old Main 3226.3

Homepage URL

hannahandersendance.com

Primary E-mail

handersen@wayne.edu

Biography

Hannah Andersen is an Assistant Professor of Teaching where her work intersects dance science, dancer wellness, pedagogy, and technique. She teaches theory and practice courses in the BS/BFA Dance Programs, MA Teaching Artistry Program, and facilitates the Pilates Mentorship Program supporting theatre and dance students in obtaining Pilates teaching certifications. Hannah is most driven by helping others understand how to move well.
Hannah has taught movement across contexts including after-school programs, summer camps, high schools, fitness centers, community colleges, dance companies, universities, yoga studios, and boutique Pilates studios. She has served on teaching faculty at Whatcom Community College, University of Oregon, and Western Washington University, and received prestigious awards and from University of Oregon, National Dance Education Organization, and most recently the 2022 ‘Sue Nine Award for Faculty Excellence’ in the Theatre and Dance Department at Wayne State University. She is an active member of the National Dance Education Organization, and International Association of Dance Medicine and Science and currently serves on the American College Dance Association National Board and Dance Science and Somatics Educators Organzing Group.
Andersen received the 2018 “Doug Risner Prize for Emerging Dance Researchers” and is published in the Journal of Dance Education and Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, as well as co-author of a chapter in the book ‘Masculinity, Intersectionality, and Identity: Why Boys (Don’t)Dance,’ winner of the Ruth Lovell Murray Book Award and WSU Board of Governors Award 2023. Current research collaborations on dance-specific movement screenings with the Eugene Applebaum Physical Therapy Program have taken her to national and international conferences. She spent three seasons performing and choreographing with Bellingham Repertory Dance (WA, USA), has been spotted performing on stages and in fields in NYC, NC, WA, OR, AK, and more. She currently holds residencies and teaches Pilates and movement workshops through Hannah Andersen Dance.

Degrees and Certifications

MFA, Dance, University of Oregon 2017

BFA, Dance Performance and Choreography 2010

NCPT, National Pilates Certification Program 2021

FMT, Functional Movement Techniques, Rocktape 2019

CPI, Comprehensive Pilates Certification, Balanced Body University, 2012

 

 

Awards and Honors

2022 Sue Nine Award for Faculty Excellence, Wayne State University

2018 Doug Risner Prize for Emerging Dance Researchers, Journal of Dance Education

2017 Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Oregon School of Music and Dance

2016 Teller-Singer Dean's Award, University of Oregon

2015 National Dance Education Organization Graduate Student Award

2009 Monica Gutchow Dance Scholar, Western Washington University

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