Hannah Risner
Aerial Performer and Coach
About Hannah
I came to New York City fresh out of Detroit’s Wayne State University in 2007 with a BFA in dance performance. I was ready to conquer the world. After bouncing around the contemporary dance scene for a year or two, I had not really found my niche. I had been scraping together my pennies for weekly aerial silk classes. It was my “thing I did for me” every week. After training for a year, I worked an harness gig in Vegas in 2010. It was the start of my second dream career. Performing in the air challenged me physically, but also creatively and emotionally in a way I had never experienced.
Fast foreword to 2017 when The Burlesque Show hired me to strip in the air. I had never even considered myself a sexy performer, and I was thrown into this job with my lovely partner Brian Ferree. Our opening night was so powerful for me and I’ve never looked back. We have been working together in The Burlesque Show every summer (aside from the pandemic) since 2017. In 2016 I began working with my other incredible partner Brenna Bradbury. We have a very silly and high energy chemistry together - and she convinced me to do our first comedy aerial duo in 2022. We perform together regularly at Slipper Room as The Twisted Sisters.
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I have performed in Asia, the Caribbean, and across the United States. I have performed in NYC at House of Yes, The Box, Webster Hall, The Slipper Room, and many other venues. Film / Stunt credits include The Greatest Showman, and King of Knives.
