HardyArt

I want viewers to FEEL something when they watch my choreography. With intentional use of focus and audience involvement, I create spaces for shared human connection. From fluid movements to explosive moments, I embrace imperfect, expressive dance, exploring human emotions—love, fear, aching—in purposeful crafting. Each nitty-gritty detail is deliberately chosen to enhance the experience of the viewer and dancer, through touch, kinesphere engagement, and breaking of the 4th wall. Through my pieces, viewers will feel vulnerable, empathetic, and most importantly, human.

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    Choreographer: Hardy

    Music: Starwood Choker by Bing & Ruth; Karen 2 by Småland

    Performers: Steve Bangerter, Bryn Bridgen, Riley DeChellis, Jhesni Pereira, Eleanor Simmons

    "Audience": GibneyPRO Cohort

COLLABS

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Easy to Lose

  • Choreographers: Steve Bangerter & Hardy

    Venue: GibneyPRO Final Showing

    Date: May 2024

    Collaborators: Josh Jensen (Composer), Pono Skousen (Costume Design)

  • Steve Bangerter: Steve is an interdisciplinary artist originally from American Fork, UT. New York City based, currently cast in Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More NYC. He is an avid collaborator with a keen eye for design. Education: GibneyPRO (under the direction of Alexandra Wells), BYU (Music, Design, Dance) @stevenbangerter.

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a small crowd

  • Choreographers: Hardy and Sasha Marlan-Librett

    Music: Original Score by Leo Menninger

    Performers: Hannah Hardy, Stella Jacobs & Sasha Marlan-Librett

    Date: December 2023

    Venue: GibneyPRO Final Showing

  • Sasha Marlan-Librett (she/her) is a NYC-based contemporary dance artist and emerging choreographer. Sasha received her BA in Dance and Philosophy from Scripps College (‘22). In Los Angeles, she collaborated in processes with Rosanna Tavarez, Kevin Williamson, and Rebecca Lemme. Since graduating, Sasha was selected to perform with Monica Bill Barnes + Co in “The Running Show,” at the American Dance Festival and has performed new works by Peter Chu and Ana Maria Lucaciu as part of GibneyPRO. Sasha has created and performed in live choreographic works and film collaborations with Soap Impressions at venues such as Gibney, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, One-Day-Dance Fest, Estia Day Fest, and Spring-for-Spring Dance. Her work currently explores existential questions through physical-theater aesthetics.

    Insta: @taqdance