billie hanne

Billie Hanne composes dance and poetry in instant choreographies, provocative poetics in the spur of the moment to which vision and instinct are key. The body.
She examines human intimacy with space, time, object and light. Through radical handling of voice and dance she weaves together different textures, tales and geometrics that penetrate skill with grace and lyrical power with rhythm. Her phrasing is quick-witted telling through the body as well as through its utterances, its vocals. In her practice she reimagines tradition and pushes the boundaries of the artform through blending and morphing myth, story, with the body in motion and the physical, material reality of the composition.
Her pieces are spiritual architectures that layer dissonant forces. Her work is shown at different venues from independent studios to established theatres, to galleries and industrial sites. She is based in Brussels (BE), a multi-layered city with a dark undercurrent and a deep sense of humour.

Her knowledge and understanding of the body are fed by her artistic journey as well as her instructing classes and workshops in dance centres all over Europe. She is a passionate performer and teacher able to transmit her experience with zest.

SOLO

As a growing soloist Billie Hanne softly and clearly outlines her artistic material. Here she gives fully to her unique vocal and poetic potential to have verse originate from the dancing body and its choreographic produce. By attending to the spatial construct of the performance space, by arranging, rearranging, manipulating, or intervening in its point or points of view the audience is allowed the emotional space to access the piece immediately and unconditionally – if they wish. In recent shows she has worked on strengthening the interconnective poetic tissue of the performances as a whole.
Her first solo work ‘Hamlet in Palace’ dates from 2012. This piece was shown in London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels and Berlin. After this she made a number one off works, namely ‘Johnny on the Run’ (2014), ‘Hermit Blueprint’ (2014) and ‘Lightning’ (2015). She is currently refining her sixth solo ‘Daisy’. The solo ‘Deep Brown Sea’ premiered in January 2015 and is on tour. So far the work has been shown in Amsterdam, Brussels, Den Haag, London, Thessaloniki and Egilsstadir (Iceland).