Hannah Simmons + Alethea Alexander
Base Residency Entry Point
Saturday, March 1st at 4:00pm
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Hannah Simmons + Alethea Alexander are a collaborative duo who have been making movement-based performance and installation together since 2022. Recent projects include performances for ReSET at Washington Ensemble Theater (2024) and Ode at Mini Mart City Park (2023); a window installation at Actualize AiR (2024); and a research-based residency at the Henry Art Gallery, in partnership with Velocity (2022).
[Image Description: Two bodies glow softly in low light: limbs are draped and tangled, askew, and gravity is inverted.]
Photo by Allina Yang
They also co-teach a weekly class offering called Ballet Rituals, developed from an active interest in queering the technique and culture of ballet. Through this platform, they host weekly guest classes with other artists that share their values and approach to community-building. Their work is driven by deep questioning, rigorous logic, queer theory, and communal care. They love to research via effort and inefficiency.
[Image Description: Two bodies, wearing jackets made of astroturf, lay on an astroturf ground, faces shining towards the sun]
Photo by Allina Yang