Christin Hanna

Christin Hanna is a dancer, choreographer, director and producer. She enjoyed a busy freelance career, performing with Oakland Ballet, Ballet NY, and Cincinnati Ballet, and was a founding member of New Chamber Ballet. During her time there, she initiated a performance and summer workshop with area students in her hometown of Tahoe City in 2006. Since her return to Tahoe in 2008, Hanna has produced more than 15 performances featuring more than 50 works with more than 20 guest artists. She has staged works created on her at NCB, as well as classics like Giselle, in addition to choreographing and serving as rehearsal assistant to visiting guest choreographers. She and longtime friend Constantine Baecher started the Lake Tahoe Dance Festival in 2013 and continue to collaborate on programming and artistic vision for Lake Tahoe Dance Collective, a 501c3 nonprofit dance company. Hanna was named an Arts Icon of Placer County by the Arts Council of Placer County in 2022 and is most recently the Artist recipient of the Jeff Hamilton Legacy Fund's Juniper Award.