Hanna Satterlee creates performance experiences and conceptual artworks for stage, site and film. Hanna holds degrees and certifications in dance therapy, psychology, performance, choreography, vinyassa/yin/restorative yoga, non-profit management and arts integration. Hanna shares these passions as an intergenerational educator, interdisciplinary performer + collaborator, experimental curator and event producer. 

Hanna holds a double BA in Dance/Psychology with a concentration in Dance Therapy from Goucher College and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. From 2010-15 Hanna served as the Director of Professional Programming & Director of Teen Jazz at the Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier Vermont, and has been a guest lecturer at Johnson State College and Middlebury College, and adjunct faculty at Vermont Law School, the University of Vermont, Northern Vermont University and currently at Saint Michael's College.

In May ’17 Hanna founded the Vermont Dance Alliance, and served as the Executive Director through June 2021. In December 2022, Hanna began ANIMAL Dance, a performance and production company based in Burlington Vermont. ANIMAL Dance Company's artistic work highlights the sentience shared between species, honoring the ephemeral language of the body in motion. Following the success of  our premiere "Tender Hearts" performance, the company will continue to create and perform a new work to tour on a yearly basis.

ANIMAL Dance's curations and productions are designed to support independent artists, through informal and formal performances, artists' exchange groups, and classes and workshops. In January 2024, ANIMAL Dance produced the first ever INSTINCT Experimental Dance Festival in Burlington Vermont, and is working to expand the festival into a yearly event.

In continuous conversation as a curator, an educator, a choreographer and a performer, Hanna is as passionate for the form of dance as she is in connecting people to it.