Choreography
The DECAGON Project: Indianapolis
The DECAGON Project is an ongoing dance-theater project that explores interpersonal relationships through community storytelling. Via methods of chance that (hopefully) bring about moments of real connection beyond the supposed "fourth wall," we beg the question of whether it's chance, fate, or a little of both that bring us together.
Choreography: Hannah Littman
Dramaturgy and Script: Avi Klipfel
Script: Gabby Kimbrough
Lighting Design: Lev Goldman & Erin Mee
Musical Director and Composer: Aaron Zanabria
Production Stage Manager: Ara Tandon
Lead Producer: Hannah Littman
Associate Producer: Jacob Ettkin
Production Manager: Avi Klipfel
THE DECAGON (Performers): Avi Klipfel, Hannah Littman, Elliot Hoke, Kana Seiki, Gabby Kimbrough, Lily Gee, Abigail Lo, Sloane Burling, Aaron Zanabria, Ara Tandon
not only/but also
Queer readings and impressions of classic film.
Choreographer and Performer: Hannah Littman
Dramaturg: Avi Klipfel
Music: “Beautiful Girl Montage” & “Beautiful Girl” by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, performed by Jimmy Thompson; “Beautiful Girl - Alternate Version/Tempo Track” performed by Gene Kelly and Lennie Hayton
Premiere: February 25th, 2023 at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance for Dance Compilation: Queer Movie Movers
Photo credit © Ziru Wang 2022
Milk Carton Kid
The space between gender panic and gender euphoria.
Originally created for Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre’s Spring 2022 season, presented at ESTIA Day Fest in September 2022
Choreographers: Hannah Littman and Sloane Burling
Performers: Hannah Littman and Sloane Burling
Music: “Choir and Crickets” by Jeff Russo, “FACESHOPPING” by SOPHIE
Premiere: April 14th, 2022 at Vassar College
Photo credit © Ziru Wang 2022
A DECAGON
“There is no stage, there is no audience.”
A DECAGON is a senior project in Choreography, Performance, and Production created over the course of ten months and presented alongside two other works in a self-produced evening entitled here, sincerely.
Choreographer, Director, Producer: Hannah Littman
Dramaturg: Avi Klipfel
Performers: Jalene Medina, Sophie Wang, Sloane Burling, Cassidy Barrata, Lily Summer Gee, Yoshi Sanders, Olivia Gotsch, Courtney Spero, David Shivley-Ertas, and Elliot Hoke
Advisor: Leslie I.P. Sachs
Lighting Designer: Lev Goldman
Stage Manager: Olivia Salva
Music: “Aheym” by Bryce Dessner, the Kronos Quartet; Excerpts of Echolocations: River by Andrew Bird; “Vowel//Consonant” by Loraine James; “A Place Where Strangers Gather To Watch The Sunrise” by Bing Satellites
Premiere: April 23rd, 2022 at Vassar College as part of here, sincerely: a collective evening of dance produced by Hannah Littman, Lily Summer Gee, and Nerissa Tunnessen.
Photo credit © Yesmina Townsley 2022
Circa
Exploring the natural cycles of endings and beginnings in our lives.
Created for the Vassar Dance Department’s 2022 Spring Showings
Choreographer: Hannah Littman
Performer: Julia Dawson
Music: “Just Before Dawn” by Sonnymoon, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Premiere: May 2nd, 2022 at Vassar College
we found each other in the rubble
How do you navigate space fully embodied?
Where do you feel safe? Where do you feel unsafe? What does it feel like to be alone? What does it feel like to be one in a crowd? How do you experience the inevitable? How do you create yourself daily? Who do you forgive? How do you change? What breaks you? Who comforts you? Where is home? Where do you belong?
An independent study in choreography creating an evening-length work with the Vassar College Dance Department.
Choreographer and Producer: Hannah Littman
Dancers: Sloane Burling, Lisette Fischer, Lily Summer Gee, Olivia Gotsch, Elliot Hoke, Emily Lesorogol, Jalene Medina, Yoshi Sanders, Talia Sheinkopf, David Shively-Ertas, Nerissa Tunnessen, Genevieve Waller-Whelan, Weipeng Xie
Dramaturg: Avi Klipfel
Advisor: Leslie I.P. Sachs
Music: “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 1" by Max Richter; “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Shadow 2" by Max Richter; “Flora and Fauna / Gleise 581d” by Brian Eno; “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 2” by Max Richter; “When I Am Alone (Arr. J. Elff for Solo Voice)” by David Lang, Caroline Shaw; “Hot Knife - Live at Saint Mark’s Cathedral” by Mountain Man; “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 3" by Max Richter
Live Premiere: April 24th, 2021 at Vassar College
Live-Stream Premiere: May 7th, 2021
Photo credit © Yesmina Townsley 2019
Final, Finally
A reworking and translation of the “Final Girl” horror trope to dance.
Created for Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre’s 2020-21 season
Choreography: Hannah Littman in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Lily Summer Gee, Yoshi Sanders, Talia Sheinkopf, Allison Wan
Music: “Fearfully in Danger” by The Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith, and Patti Smith
Premiere: April 30th, 2021
Photo credit © Yesmina Townsley 2021
all the belongings of my or your body
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the original premiere of “we found each other in the rubble” was canceled. An abridged, film version was made in its place with an alternate tile.
Choreographer & Director: Hannah Littman
Dancers: Sloane Burling, Lily Summer Gee, Henry Gilbert, Olivia Gotsch, Elliot Hoke, Emily Lesorogol, Sydney Majka, Talia Sheinkopf, Nerissa Tunnessen
Editor: Stella Royo
Music: “Moonlight Serenade” by the Glenn Miller Orchestra
Premiere: April 2020, online
RIKUD
Based on experiences in toxically heteronormative spaces, RIKUD explores gender panic, chaos, and subversion in social settings, specifically in the spaces of traditional folk and court dancing.
Created for Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre’s 2019-20 season
Choreography: Hannah Littman
Dancers: Lisette Fischer, Lily Summer Gee, Henry Gilbert, Elliot Hoke, Emily Lesorogol, Danielle Lomi Sydney Majka, Jalene Medina, Zoe Mueller, Nerissa Tunnessen
Music: “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 1" by Max Richter; “Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Shadow 2" by Max Richter
Premiere: November 2019 at Vassar College for VRDT’s Fall Showings
Photo credit © Yesmina Townsley 2019
Door #1, Door #2
A meditation on decisions and decision-making, on watching choices unfold in real-time.
Created for Choreography & Composition with Leslie Sachs
Choreography: Hannah Littman
Dancers: Sloane Burling, Henry Gilbert, Nerissa Tunnessen; Hannah Littman
Music: “The House” by Paul Englishby, “Dressing” by Paul Englishby
Premiere: December 2019 at Vassar College
FULL BODIED
Created out of a conversation with the dancers about body image, bodily expectations in the world and in dance, and how we perceive ourselves and each other.
Choreography: Hannah Littman in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Sloane Burling, Emily Lesorogol, Talia Sheinkopf, Nerissa Tunnessen
Music: "Nocturne en mi bémol majeur opus 9 n°2" by Frédéric Chopin and Luis Fernando Pérez
Premiere: April 2019 at Vassar College for Vassar Dance Department’s Spring Showings
it’s a disaster (but it’s ok)
Born out of a love for movement.
Created for Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre’s 2018-19 season
Choreography: Hannah Littman in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Erin Byrne, Hannah Littman, Savannah Smith, Nerissa Tunnessen, Weipeng Xie
Music: “fullmoon” by Ryuichi Sakamoto, "Für Alina in B Minor" by Arvo Pärt and Khatia Buniatishvili
Premiere: November 2018 at Vassar College for VRDT’s Fall Showings
Photo credit © Mitch Davis 2018