EDUCATION
2021 - Currently completing a diploma in Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy.
2007 - 10 The Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds (Bachelor in Performing Arts in Contemporary Dance)
2006 - 07 Tanzakadamie Balance1, Berlin (completed 1st year of a Degree course)
2005 - 06 The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Foundation in Dance Performance)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING / FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Received the Leeds Dance Partnership Fellowship at The Northern School of Contemporary Dance
2019 Selected for Performing Gender, a European choreography research project
2019 Selected to be part of the International Choreographers Week at Dans Brabent, Holland
2015 /16/18 Participated in workshops with Deborah Hay
2015 Selected to participate in an International Residency as part of Transform Festival (Leeds)
2014 Selected to for the College Danza with Alessandro Sciarroni as part of the Venice Biennale
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KEY WORKS (CHOREOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE)
Learning to Fall - 2022 - work in progress
A collaborative project with visual artist Kevin Lycett to bring together movement and mark making.
Supported by Quarantine and currently receipt of an Arts Council England ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ grant.
Blood, Bone, Breath, 2021 ongoing
Duet and film made and performed in collaboration with Hollie Miller.
Funded and supported by Arts Council England, Yorkshire Dance, Studio 306 and Wainsgate.
Performed at Wainsgate, Transform Festival, San Mei Gallery, Site Gallery and NottDance.
The Mountain and Other Tales of She Transformed, 2019 ongoing
Solo performed by Hannah Buckley.
Funded, supported and / or programmed by Arts Council England, Yorkshire Dance, Dance4 and Leeds International Festival.
We Are Now, 2015 ongoing
Intergenerational project with multiple elements.
Funded, supported and / or programmed by Arts Council England, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Leeds Beckett University, Women of The World Festival, Yorkshire Dance’s ‘Dance Partnership Programme’ and The Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
S/HE
Premiered at The Place 2017.
Duet performed by Hannah Buckley and Simon Palmer.
Funded, supported and / or programmed by Arts Council England, The Place, Yorkshire Dance, Dance4, Dance Manchester
Women With Eggs
Premiered at Z-Arts 2014
Solo performed by Hannah Buckley.
Supported by Dance Manchester. Programmed by Yorkshire Dance, The Place, York Theatre Royal and Dance City.
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SELECTED PERFORMANCES WITH OTHER ARTISTS
I have performed nationally and internationally, and often collaborate with other artists and across art forms. Selected performance and collaborative works include;
(2020) with curator and art historian Catriona McAra presenting as part of the webinar The Fur of the Fairy Tale: Dorothea Tanning and Samantha Sweeting, at the Henry Moore Institute.
(2019) with curator and art historian Catriona McAra to co present Running with Wolves, Somaticizing the Text: Revisionary Feminism and Contemporary Dance, at This Woman’s Work: A Kate Bush Symposium, University of Edinburgh.
(2019) in theatre maker Swen Steinhäuser’s work And so with dignity through the birdsong / still life / .
(2017) with Lucy Suggate as part of Dan Daw’s Wild Card event at Sadlers Wells.
(2017) with Nicola Singh performing slanting, semi-cascade as part of Nicola’s solo show the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object BALTIC 39.
(2017) with sonic artist and researcher Alex De Little and dancer Tora Hed to create Resonant Topologies: Listening Led Movement, performed at Calder, The Hepworth.
(2016) in the lead role in Leg, Arm, Head a short dance film premiered at the British Film Institute, directed by Scout Stuart.
(2014) for Alessandro Sciarroni at the Venice Biennale.
(2013) as part of Do It 2013 curated at Manchester Art Gallery by Hans Ulrich Obrist as part of Manchester International Festival.
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TEACHING
2015 - 2022 Leeds Beckett University - part time lecturer
2015 - 2019 The Northern School of Contemporary Dance - guest lecturer