The Art of Lighting Design
Creating Unique Experiences
As a lighting designer, I blend artistic vision with expertise to create immersive experiences for dance and theater shows. Through the interplay of light, space, and movement, I craft captivating atmospheres that invite audiences to engage actively with the performance. My approach aims to evoke emotions, provoke contemplation, and ignite conversations, powerful narratives through the art of lighting.
Who I Am
Elevating Artistic Expression
Hannah Claire Hodges is an Artist from Dallas TX. Her early dance training focused on ballet and competition styles. In high school, she was a member of the Celebrities Dance team, member of the MÜV Dance and Fitness competition team, as well as MÜVs preprofessional ballet company “KÜPE.” Claire attended Kilgore College and earned her Associates degree in Fine Arts in Dance in addition to an Associates of Science degree. While at Kilgore, she had the privilege of becoming a member of the World-Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes, at which time she performed in the Birmingham England International Tattoo, Norfolk Virginia International Tattoo, as well as Cotton Bowl halftime and had many Texas performances and appearances. Claire has worked with several renowned choreographers including Afton Fox Beatles, Stephanie Pizzo, Richard Freeman, Nycole Ray, Abigale Hardy, Vincent Hardy and Gabriel Speiller.
Claire has Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University. While at TCU Claire performed numerous improvisation solos at the Brown Bag Dance show and choreographed for her peers. She has traveled with Dance TCU as a guest performer in Dallas Black Dance theater’s show “Encore” twice and attended intensives such as Bruce Wood and Zion Dance Project during the summer and winter.
Claire has set works on a wide range of teams and companies, most notably earning a choreographer's award at KCDD and was selected to debut a piece on TranScend Motion Modern Dance Company. Claire is also a dance lighting designer and has her own company Salt&LightDesign. With numerous works in her lighting repertoire, she has most notably worked with Kelly Ashton Todd (a New York based choreographer and film director) on her work “the pain of my erosion.”
While being an emerging artist today, Claire is member of Zion Dance Project and is working with numerous Texas Drill Teams and Professional Companies to commission her choreography and Lighting design.