Sam Hanson

Bio

Samuel Bennett Hanson is a writer, curator, and dancer who has performed in the work of Hilary Carrier, Isabel Lewis, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Mina Nishimura, Yve Laris Cohen, Yvonne Meier, Simone Forti, Michael Watkiss and Alexandra Pirici. Research interests include experimentation in presenting and curation, and the intersection of dance and special education. His work tends toward the intimate, made for specific performers and smaller spaces. Before living in New York from 2015-19, he worked closely with Utah-based choreographer Ashley Anderson as a performer, curator, and editor through her platform loveDANCEmore, an incubator of experimental dance for the Western United States, which he now serves as executive director. Also a K-12 educator, advocate and former school board member, he has taught dance and special education in elementary, middle and high schools in Utah, Illinois, and New York City. He has guest lectured on dance and education policy at Davidson College, Weber State University, the University of Utah, UVU and the University of the Américas Puebla.