Dayna Hanson

Dayna Hanson is a 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in choreography, 2010 United States Artists Oliver Fellow in Dance, 2012 recipient of Artist Trust’s Arts Innovator Award and 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellow. Based in Seattle, Dayna has been creating dance, performance and film for more than 30 years. From 1994–2006, Dayna was co-artistic director of internationally read more

Visiting Artist | May 13-25, 2013

The Clay Duke

Seattleite Dayna Hanson came to MANCC to develop The Clay Duke, a hybrid new work loosely based on a 2010 school board shooting in Panama City, Florida.  The Clay Duke is a work of devised dance theater that blends details from the 2010 school board shooting with investigations of Anton Chekhov and the vigilantism of the 1970s Death Wish crime film franchise.  Bringing these various read more

  • Performer Sarah Rudinoff rehearses with <i>The Clay Duke</i> collaborators.Performer Sarah Rudinoff rehearses with The Clay Duke collaborators.
  • Dayna Hanson leads collaborators in <i>The Clay Duke</i> rehearsal.Dayna Hanson leads collaborators in The Clay Duke rehearsal.
  • <i>The Clay Duke</i>The Clay Duke
  • <i>The Clay Duke rehearsal</i>The Clay Duke rehearsal
  • Hanson and collaborators explore concepts related to <i>The Clay Duke</i>Hanson and collaborators explore concepts related to The Clay Duke
  • Hanson and Thomas Graves discuss <i>The Clay Duke</i>Hanson and Thomas Graves discuss The Clay Duke
  • Wade Madsen and Dave Proscia rehearseWade Madsen and Dave Proscia rehearse
  • Wade Madsen and Peggy PiacenzaWade Madsen and Peggy Piacenza
  • Wade Madsen and Peggy PiacenzaWade Madsen and Peggy Piacenza
  • <i>The Clay Duke</i> rehearsalThe Clay Duke rehearsal
  • Wade Madsen and Thomas Graves rehearse <i>The Clay Duke</i>Wade Madsen and Thomas Graves rehearse The Clay Duke
  • Rudinoff, Proscia and Peggy PiacenzaRudinoff, Proscia and Peggy Piacenza
  • Hanson leads rehearsalHanson leads rehearsal
  • Peggy Piacenza in Open RehearsalPeggy Piacenza in Open Rehearsal
  • Hanson shares movement material during an Open RehearsalHanson shares movement material during an Open Rehearsal
  • Wade Madsen and Thomas GravesWade Madsen and Thomas Graves
  • Wade Madsen and Peggy PiacenzaWade Madsen and Peggy Piacenza
  • Wade Madsen and Peggy PiacenzaWade Madsen and Peggy Piacenza
  • <i>The Clay Duke</i>The Clay Duke
  • <i>The Clay Duke</i>The Clay Duke
  • Hanson talks with School of Dance students at Open RehearsalHanson talks with School of Dance students at Open Rehearsal
Collaborators in Residence: Thomas Graves, Wade Madsen, Peggy Piacenza, Dave Proscia, Sarah Rudinoff [performers], Andalyn Young [assistant director] Slideshow photos by Chris Cameron

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