HANNAH MARCUS
Performer. Creator. Collaborator.
Hannah Marcus is a Chicago-based dance artist and maker interested in supporting and deconstructing the materiality of the body. Her research finds form in collaborative performance and video work, often exploring the nexus between movement and technology, sound, language, visual design, and site-specificity.
Photo by Juliette Bacula
Performance
Performance Reel 2020 featuring excerpts from Phulkari (2018) by Kiran Bhumber [improvisation], a state of flowering (2018) by Johnny Mathews III, Vox (2018) by Shannon Gillen, Delicatessen Caresses Department (2016) by Kasia Reilly, One Night Only and again tomorrow (2017) by Molly Paberzs & Sadie Lehmker [improvisation]
Projects
bones fragile (2024)
Presented by the LookOut Series at Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre as part of MERGE, curated by Helen Lee
Created & Performed by Hannah Marcus and Milo Sachse-Hofheimer
Dramaturgical support by Sophie Allen
Lighting design by Matthew Chapman
Produced by Lauren Steinberg and Patrick Zakem
Materials: pedal (1), microphone (2), cable (4), amplifier (2), body (2)
30 minutes, Available for bookings.
Photo by Amaya Peña
like ivy, we grow where there is room for us (2023)
Commissioned by MOMENTA Dance Company
Choreography by Hannah Marcus
Performers: Ava Breitung, Maya Dysico, Mia Ferrigno, Sylvia Jones, Avery Lucas, Trijntje Masoncup
Music: "Heartless" by OKRAA
Photo by A.Deran Photography
Blanket of my future skin (2022) | View work here
Presented through J e l l o Performance Series at Elastic Arts
Created & Performed by Hannah Marcus
Images by Chang-Ching Su
Music: Excerpts from "My Life" & "My Lady" by Patricia Taxxon
Photo by Ricardo E. Adame
Collapse of an Anchor (2021) | View excerpt here
Produced through Dovetail's 3for3 Creative Residency
Created & Performed by Hannah Marcus and Sophie Allen
Music: "Retaliation" by Nazar; "Notjustmoreidlechatter" by Paul Lansky & Hannah MacKay
Performances: Expand Community Arts Works in Progress Showing; Summer Shorts presented by The Rooted Space & Lawson Dance Theatre
20 minutes. Microphone, Folding rack.
Parting Zone (2021) | View work here
Commissioned by Orchesis Dance Company
Choreography by Hannah Marcus
Performers: Genna Bolino, Abby Donarski, Talia Marcus, Olyvea Yambrovich
Music: "come on in precious" by friendships; "Ave Maria" by Dulce de Lago
Oak Park and River Forest High School
Photo by Juliette Bacula
Rupt (2021) | View work here
Produced in collaboration with Aislinn Bailie, Master of Music
Direction, Choreography & Editing by Hannah Marcus
Videography: Rowan Janusiak and Aislinn Bailie
Performers: Alana Packo and Hannah Marcus
Music: "Duo Sonata" by Sofia Gubaidulina (1977)
Performers: Aislinn Bailie and Bryce Richardson, bassoon
Recording, Mixing, Mastering: SlyPup Productions
bits of self, at once, in fragments (2021) | View work here
Created for Liminal Beings, a digital exhibition through the Socially Distant Artist Residency program
Created & Performed by Akari Komura (sound editing) and Hannah Marcus (movement, text)
Staging Place (2020) | View work here
A live-feed performance project between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor aiming to protect the placeness of live performance while using a digital platform to amplify the analog and build connections between neighbors.
Interdisciplinary collaborators: Aislinn Bailie, Christine Darragh, Sheena Hui, Hannah Kirkpatrick, Akari Komura, Waylon Richmond, Karina Tirado
Made possible by a grant through Sonic Scenographies, a team challenge created by the Alfred A Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and ArtsEngine
Full Throttle (2020) | View work here
Choreography, Filming & Editing by Hannah Marcus
Music: Joey Fortino
Ann Arbor, MI
Supported in part by Arts at Michigan and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Meta Weiser EXCEL Fund
It All Made Sense 'Til We Dug To The Bottom (2020) | View work here
Choreography & Text by Hannah Marcus
Performers: Sally Butin, Olivia Johnson, Alana Packo, Ari Stadler, Ariel Vidrio
Sound & Scenic Design: Matias Vilaplana
Music: "Melancholia II" by William Basinski; "Always On My Mind" by Ane Brun
Betty Pease Studio Theater
Supported in part by Arts at Michigan and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Meta Weiser EXCEL Fund
Petrochemical Paradise (2020) | View work here
Choreography, Filming & Editing by Hannah Marcus
Music: Tessa Fornari, Maya Johnson, and Christopher Walker
Ann Arbor, MI
The Very Thought of You (2019) | View excerpts here
Produced as part of Triple Bill In My Basement
Created & Performed by Hannah Marcus and Sofia Carbonara
Music: "The Very Thought of You" by Nat King Cole, edited by Sofia Carbonara
Ann Arbor, MI
Research for Synthetic Bodies (2018) | View excerpts here
Interactive motion capture technology explored for Matias Vilaplana's Media Arts thesis project
Chip Davis Technology Studio
off frame (2019) | View excerpts here
Created & Performed by Hannah Marcus and Veera Vanhanen
Music: "Johnny And Luther" by The Boy Lucas
The Place, London