Hannah Shakti Bühler

Born in Germany but raised in Italy, Hannah studied contemporary dance at Laban Trinity College in London, where she graduated with a BA(Hons) Dance Theatre in 2006. Her performance practice has taken her to Retina Dance Co. in the UK, Centro Coreografico Galego in Spain and T.r.a.s.h. DansPerformanceGroup in Holland. In 2015, she completed the MACoDE (Master in Contemporary Dance Education) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main. In the same year, she founded the choreographic duo Hicks&Bühler with Laura Hicks and established herself in the independent scene in Frankfurt am Main. Together they developed Reaching Towards (2017), Der Klumpen (2018) and Strange Loops (2019). In September 2016, she began teaching acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main. Since September 2018, she has been a professor of contemporary dance at BAtanz, with a focus on transfers between somatic practices and contemporary dance. In collaboration with Simon Mayer, they developed the piece Somatic Tratata – Rhythm, Rapture and Romance, which premiered at the Tanzfestival Rhein Main in November 2022 and is currently touring internationally.