Author: Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Hannah is the founding editor-in-chief of Lucy Writers and edits their Art & Design, Books, Dance and Theatre sections. She completed her BA in English Literature at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and has an MA in Eighteenth-Century Studies from King’s College, London. She is currently studying for a PhD in English Literature at UCL and teaches undergraduate students in the department. Her doctoral thesis explores the use and representation of the human body in the work of Mary Wollstonecraft and her circle. Hannah was Dance, Art and Books editor for London Student from 2017-2018. She regularly writes for online magazines, journals and blogs, such as London Student, The Cusp, The Modernist Review, Women: A Cultural Review, The London Journal, BSECS Criticks, and the Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies. She was shortlisted and came second in the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme Student Journalist of the Year Award 2018 (for criticism). She is passionate about using art and literature to encourage young women and marginalized groups to find their creative voice. Hannah has co-run a creative writing workshop for women for several years, as well as a feminist reading group. She writes about contemporary art & culture, in particular visual art, dance and fiction. For more information, contact: hannah.hutchings-georgiou.16@ucl.ac.uk or tweet to @hhgsparkles

Postcards in Isolation 18: Faith Ringgold, #19 US Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of Black Power, 1967

5th August 20205th August 2020 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Faith Ringgold’s striking painting, #19 US Postage Stamp, 1967, captures the complexities of the Black Power movement in 60s America and the white supremacist structures African Americans were subject to. But it serves as a metaphor for our times too, writes Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.

Serendipity’s BHM Live at the Curve Leicester: powerful stories not just for Black History Month, but every month thereafter

7th November 201919th November 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Serendipity’s BHM Live showcases work by some of the best choreographers from the dance world to date. But these breathtaking performances should be seen every day, all year round, not just during Black History Month, writes Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.

Dada Masilo’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells

9th October 201910th October 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Dada Masilo gives us a Giselle for the twenty-first century; a heroine we identify with and a phenomenal production that makes us feel, writes Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.

Artists 4 Artists’ Double Bill: Chris Reyes and Kloé Dean at the Laban Theatre – breathtakingly brave & moving dance by two of hip hop dance theatre’s finest artists

15th August 201915th August 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Artists 4 Artists prove that they’re at the forefront of dance innovation and theatrical talent, with their double bill of Christopher Reyes’ Sean and Kloé Dean’s Man Up at the Laban Theatre.

National Youth Dance Company’s MADHEAD by Botis Seva: Dance that thrillingly breaks every rule in the school book and leaves you shouting for more

8th August 201921st April 2020 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

MADHEAD is the latest phenomenal dance production to come from Olivier Award-winning choreographer, Botis Seva, in collaboration with dancers from the National Youth Dance Company. Here, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou discusses its themes of generational (dis-)connection, inner conflict and the power of young people.

Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ ‘Sombras’ at Sadler’s Wells’ Flamenco Festival London 2019

8th July 201910th July 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras opens this year’s Flamenco Festival London at Sadler’s Wells to well-deserved uproarious applause with their enthrallingly innovative and spectacular show, Sombras.

Breakin’ Convention 2019 at Sadler’s Wells – Love, Hope and Healing from the Next Generation of Hip Hop Dance Theatre Talent

14th May 201914th May 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Breakin’ Convention 2019, a specially curated international festival of hip hop dance theatre, brings together performers, artists, choreographers, DJs and educators from all over the world for four days of exceptional dance and music.

Elizabeth Warren, Coretta Scott King and the women leading the English National Ballet’s latest triple bill, She Persisted.

8th April 201921st April 2020 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Enduring misogyny in the Senate Chamber, Elizabeth Warren was then championed by feminist allies around the world with the ubiquitous tag #ShePersisted. Here, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou looks at the dance works inspired by this phrase and the women who, through their art, persevered.

Migrating Memories and Transitive Memorials: Tara Fatehi Irani’s Mishandled Archive and Our Collective Handling of the Past

7th April 20198th April 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Memory, loss and migration are all explored in Tara Fatehi Irani’s beautifully evocative work, Mishandled Archive. Here, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou reflects on Fatehi Irani’s ongoing project and her “mishandling” of ancestral archives.

Interview with acclaimed choreographer, Botis Seva – ‘I’m just some boy from Dagenham who loves dancing’

27th February 201910th April 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Acclaimed dancer and choreographer, Botis Seva, talks about growing up in Dagenham, how dance transformed his life and his latest artistic directorship with the National Youth Dance Company.

Daria Martin: Tonight the World at The Curve, Barbican Centre

7th February 20198th February 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

In Tonight the World, Daria Martin brings her grandmother’s dream diaries to life through exquisite 16mm films, thus shining a light on past trauma.

Review of Dane Hurst Company’s Animalis at Dulwich Picture Gallery

6th January 20196th January 2019 Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Unbridled passions are laid bare in Dane Hurst’s Animalis, a theatrical response to the paintings in Dulwich Picture Gallery’s current exhibition, Ribera: Art of Violence.