Spring 2021
Orem, UT
Commissioned by Utah Valley University Department of Dance.
Franky DeMartino
Cassidy Blackham
Shain Salmon
Kristi Bingham
HOLD, December 2020
Seven channel large-scale installation at The Gateway in Salt Lake City. The tight, intimate duets for camera work with non-outcome-based scores. The scoring practice of HOLD is based in practices of non-doing, and attention, examining closeness and intimacy.
Originally premiered as tenderly, supported by Atlantic Center for the Arts.
Feb - Dec 2020
New Smyrna, FL
Salt Lake City, UT
Photo by Brandon Schelin.
Photo by Brandon Schelin
Corinne Lohner and Rachel Andes
Melissa Younker and Florian Alberge.
Arin Lynn and Tori Meyer.
Cinematographer, Rosie Trump (no relation). Gabe Cortese and Hannah Fischer. Initial filming process completed at the Atlantic Center for the Arts during a residency.
Karen Fennel and Christine Van der Kaap. Initial filming process completed at the Atlantic Center for the Arts during a residency.
Summer 2020
Salt Lake City, UT
Fischer worked as director and cinematographer in collaboration with dancer and editor Nichele Woods on ‘waiting’. It premiered as a work in progress at 12 Minutes Max in September 2020, presented by the Salt Lake City Public Library.
Fall 2019
Salt Lake City, UT
Directed by Hannah Fischer
Created in collaboration with and performed by Talia Dixon and Georgia Patterson
Original Soundscore by Patrick Quigley
Production Assistant: Bran Schelin
This film was shot on location at Antelope Island. Many thanks to the performers, Talia and Georgia, and mentor Katrina McPherson for giving so generously to this process.
Photos by Bran Schelin.
quick n dirty collaborations
Summer 2019
Salt Lake City, UT
Practice dance collaboration in short bursts (like flash frying an eggplant on high heat).
One choreographer works collaboratively with a new group of dancers for one afternoon of intensive experimentation. Choreographers rotate weekly.
The process is followed by an informal showing, discussion, and social time.
FLASH FRY is part of Hannah Fischer’s research in new dance processes with un-attempted approaches. Approximately 10 Salt Lake City choreographers are participating with rotating groups of dancers.
“As a maker, I'm interested in diving deep quickly, and asking the following questions: how do I prepare, how do I synthesize quickly, how do I work with new people, how attached will I be to the process and the showing?”
Flash Fry created space for choreographers to be unattached to the outcome, to create with new colleagues, and to get feedback on their work.
Photo by Bran Schelin.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Choreography by Hannah Fischer.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Choreography by Corinne Lohner.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Pictured: Hannah Fischer, Colin Rogers, Halie Bahr, Corinne Lohner, Marilyn Castenada, Hunder Rowe, Lia Wong.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Pictured: Allison Shir, Brian Gerke, Corinne Lohner, Hannah Fischer.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Choreography by Corinne Lohner.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Choreography by Allison Shir.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Choreography by Hannah Fischer.
Photo by Bran Schelin. Choreography by Hannah Fischer.
Photo by Bran Schelin.
The Long Fog, 2019, is a solo work by Hannah Fischer. It explores the inner sensations of the body lost in limbo. Original sound score by Patrick Quigley. Made for Joel.
Performed April at Plush Panoply in The Gateway, Salt Lake City. Produced by Corinne Lohner.
Performed March 2019 at 12 Minutes Max, in Salt Lake City. Presented by the Salt Lake City Public Library.
Photo by Tori Duhaime.
Photo by Tori Duhaime.
Photo by Tori Duhaime.
Photo by Tori Duhaime.
Photo by Tori Duhaime.
Photo by Tori Duhaime.
Summer 2018
South Bend, IN
Fall/Winter 18-19
Salt Lake City, UT / El Paso, TX
water/skin examines the porosity of moment to moment experiences, asking the performers to explore shifting roles for one another.
Original sound by Patrick Quigley and lights by Johan Godwalt.
The piece premiered as part of the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival in July 2018 at LangLab South Bend.
water/skin was also presented by the South Bend Civic Theater in South Bend, IN (January 2019), and the World Dance Alliance in El Paso, TX (February 2019).
Performed and created by Jeff Wallace and Hannah Fischer.
May 2018
South Bend, IN
The Listening is an immersive, evening length dance performance. Fischer Dance blends collected stories from South Bend with in-depth research on listening and the body. Pivotal moments, timelines, secrets, and structures of support emerge as recurring themes throughout the evening. Audience members move through the industrial space with the dancers, led by a guide with opportunities to self-direct through the space.
Directed by Hannah Fischer
Co-created with: Joanna Whitmyer, Sharon Sims, Chloe Woggon, Mallory Hopper, Anna Greenawalt, and Michelle Wiltgen.
Composer Patrick Quigley accompanies the dancers live for the performance. Modular lighting design by Johan Godwalt, custom costumes by Jennifer Stevens. This performance made possible with support from the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and Matthews, LLC.
Photos by Grant Beachy.
Winter 17-18
South Bend, IN
Fischer Dance, directed by Hannah Fischer, presents a dance-for-camera series in collaboration with Corlanthum/Alyssa Neece and Sailbear/Patrick Quigley.
Holding Space premiered March 1-3, 2018 at the LaSalle Body Shop.
Southwest Michigan College installed the series in their art gallery January 2019.
Read more and watch the whole series here.
