Hannah Ballard Smith
Artist Curriculum Vita
Education/ Training
2015-2019 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
BFA in Dance Performance
BA in Communication
2012-2015 Sugarloaf Performing Arts Dance Studio, Suwanee, GA
2009-2012 Moja Dance Studio, Lithonia, GA
Summer Programs:
2018 Peridance Blueprint Intensive
2018 Florida Dance Theatre
2017 USF Dance in Paris Program
Performance Experience:
2019 "Pledge," guest work choreographed and staged by Charles Anderson
2015-2018 Various original guest artist works including Alex Ketley, Robert Moses, Kristin
O’ Neal and Ulysses Dove’s “Vespers” staged by Alfred Dove, USF, Tampa
2015- 2018 Fall and Spring faculty dance concerts in works by Andee Scott, Michael Foley,
and Jeanne Travers
2018 "Rite of Spring," Enzo Celli, Artistic Director of Vivo Ballet & "Apres Moi," Attila
Joey, Peridance BLUEPRINT Showcase, New York, New York
2018 "FallOut," Sarah Walston, Florida Dance Festival, Tampa, FL
2018 "Trepidation," by Lital Gelman, Coker College, American College Dance
Association Gala, Hartsville, SC
2017 "Fiesta by the Bay," group collaboration for the Center for Autism and Related
Disabilities, Tampa, FL
2017 Exit 12 Dance Company, Roman Baca, Artistic Director, Arts2Action 2017
Festival, Tampa FL
2016- Various senior BFA works performed at USF
2018
Professional Experience:
2018 "I am my (word)," by Alex Jones, artistic director of Collective Soles Dance
Company, Contemporary Art and Space Studio, Tampa, FL
2016 "She has A Particular Relationship with Memory," Andee Scott, St. Petersburg,
FL
Teaching Experience:
2018 Guest Instructor, Orange Grove Middle Magnet School
2015-2016 Dance Instructor, Alpha and Omega Church
Interdisciplinary Work:
2017 "CHAVA," a collaborative work choreographed in conjunction with Thea Fries,
Jennifer Gerber, Dr. Craig Lusk of the USF College of Engineering
2018 "An Introduction to the Moon," by Merry Lynn Morris in collaboration with
Composer Libby Larsen, USF Concert Hall, Tampa, FL
Choreography:
2019 "many balloons and one brick," USF BFA Concert, Tampa,
FL
2019 "A restless bunch, a life of careful deviations," USF Student Dance Concert,
Tampa, FL
2018 "but the perpetual state of instability keeps her awake," BFA solo, USF, Tampa
2018 "The Things That Are Killing Her Aren’t Actually Killing Her," a solo continuation
of Sheila, performed for the USF Student Dance Concert
2017 "Sheila," a solo work performed at Micadanses, Paris, France
2014 "Samson and Delilah," a group work set on the students of Sugarloaf Performing
Arts, performed at Youth Concert Series
Master Classes:
2019 Claudia LaVista, Delfos Danza
2018 Lani Dickinson and Dwayne Scheuneman, AXIS Dance Company
2018 Rachel Fallon, Hofesh Shechter Company
2018 Jennifer Archibald, Arch Dance
2018 Heidi Henderson, Elephant Jane Dance
2017 Jody Kuehner, Cherdonna
Honors/ Awards:
2018 Michelle Vargas Scholarship
2018-2015 USF Green and Gold Scholar
2017 Mark and Kay Orr Summer Study Abroad Scholarship
2017 Talent Grants and Summer Grants from USF Dance Department
Employment/Internships:
2016-2019 Office Assistant, USF School of Theatre and Dance
2018 Counselor, American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, Tampa, FL
2018 Marketing Intern, Florida Dance Festival
2017 Counselor, RDA National Choreography Intensive, Huntsville, TX
2017 Volunteer Assistant, Arts2Action Conference, Tampa, FL
Leadership:
2017-2019 President, Student Dance Production Board