About Hannah

Hannah Greenleaf is an actress, dancer, herbalist, and astrologer based in Brooklyn, New York.

She began her acting career as a founding member of Living Room Shakespeare, a site-specific Shakespeare ensemble in LA, and is currently collaborating with A Very Good Theater in New York.

Alongside her performance work, Hannah has taught extensively as a professional teaching artist for both pre-professional and professional dancers, most recently at Westside School of Ballet. She is creating a choreographic and teaching practice rooted in the principles of biomechanics, anatomy, & dancer health, currently pursuing a teaching certification with Anneke Hansen and is as continuing student of the Axis Syllabus.

Deeply invested in the culture of creativity, Hannah is passionate about cultivating creative processes that are as joyful as they are rigorous. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and Interlochen Arts Academy. Her training also includes improv with Upright Citizen’s Brigade, permaculture design at Rancho Mastatal in Costa Rica, and ongoing clinical herbal studies with Artemisia Academy & Herb Medics. Her astrology and herbal practice can be found at Star & Leaf.

Choreographers Statement:

My work is rooted in contemporary dance, but draws from my relationship with the natural world as an environmentalist & herbalist, as performer of classical theater, and from the mysticism of working as an astrologer. I am passionate about dance that veers into dance-theater with storytelling often drawing from myths, as well as site-specific work that is about our relationship to the natural world. I create movements following the principles of biomechanics, attempting for the dancing to be as healthful and joyful for myself and other dancers performing.