facilitators
Facilitator
Katherine Moore
Katherine G. Moore is a movement and teaching artist whose work spans theaters, outdoor environments, galleries, and community spaces. Active professionally as a performer and choreographer across the US for over fifteen years, she currently lives and works as an independent artist and educator in Columbus, OH, where she serves on the leadership team for the Columbus Dance Alliance and holds teaching affiliations with Ohio University, Ohio Wesleyan University, and the Perennial Movement Group. Katherine’s recent work has received funding from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and Ohio Arts Council, and she has held creative residencies at Terrain Dance Project (NC), The Croft (MI), Keshet Center for the Arts (NM), Akron Soul Train (OH), and Wildacres (NC). Katherine earned a BA from Hope College and an MFA from The Ohio State University, and she is 200hr yoga teacher certified through the Perri Institute for Mind and Body. ​
Facilitator
Alicia Hann
Alicia is a dance educator, performer, and choreographer based in Columbus. She began her training in early childhood with a strong foundation in ballet and later earned a BFA in Modern Dance Performance and Choreography from Ohio University. Drawn to the expansive possibilities of Modern and Contemporary dance, Alicia is passionate about creative physical expression and the transformative power of movement.
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With over a decade of teaching experience, Alicia has worked with students ages 3 to 96 in studio, community, and university settings. She teaches Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, improvisation, and seated chair classes, and has facilitated trauma-informed, conscious dance experiences in therapeutic, classroom, and community environments. Her approach centers on accessibility, curiosity, and honoring the whole person in motion.
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Alicia currently performs with Hixon Dance, where she also serves as Rehearsal Director under Artistic Director Sarah Hixon. Her choreographic work has been presented at the Cleveland Dance Festival, Columbus City Dance Showcase, and commissioned by Columbus Modern Dance Company, The Movement Mission, Hixon Dance, Honora Dance, and The Dublin Arts Council.
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As a performer, Alicia has collaborated with a diverse range of artists and companies from across the country. She has performed in a reconstruction of Martha Graham's early work Heretic with Miki Orihara, and has worked with Alexandra Bodnarchuk of Doma Dance Theater in Minneapolis, Columbus Modern Dance Company under the direction of Laura Puscas, Perennial Movement Group, HOMING: An Audio/Movement Journey, and STILGO dance + tech. Through each collaboration, Alicia seeks to cultivate dance as a deeply physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual practice.
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Outside of the studio, she enjoys spending time with her rescue dogs, tending her urban vegetable garden, and backpacking with her husband.
