Hannah Benditt graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance earning her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography with dual emphasis in Ballet and Modern. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Hannah began dancing at Minnesota Dance Theatre (formerly Ballet Arts Minnesota). As a student Hannah trained at American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Washington Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Milwaukee Ballet. Upon graduating from UMKC Hannah joined Common Thread Contemporary Dance Company where she performed world premiere works by Jessica Lang; Anonymous and Uri Sands; One. Hannah performed with Consuming Kinetics Dance Company during its inaugural season and as a guest dancer with Kansas City Ballet.
In 2015, Hannah moved back to the Twin Cities and has enjoyed a diverse freelance career; teaching, choreographing and performing with independent artists and choreographers across classical and contemporary genres. Hannah has performed with Minnesota Opera in La Traviata, Flight, Edward Tulane, Daughter of the Regiment, Don Giovanni and Trouble in Tahiti and with An Opera Theatre in The Consul and Lucretia. She recently has acted as choreography associate for Anything Goes at Lakeshore Players in White Bear Lake, MN and choreography assistant in Theatre Latte Da’s recent production of Cinderella.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hannah founded Community Movement Collective. A hub for movement artists to build unity, use space and generate ideas to support performing artists by facilitating classes taught by professional dancers for professional dancers in the Twin Cities. Community Movement Collective operated between 2020 and 2024 offering over 600 classes to hundreds of dancers in the Twin Cities. Employing a roster of 25 professional teaching artists and 6 live accompanists.
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