Dayna Hanson

Improvement Club will have its world premiere in March 2013 at South by Southwest! The film is one of eight features to be selected for SXSW’s Narrative Competition! Like any really independent  film, the road to making Improvement Club has …

Dayna is a 2012 recipient of The Artist Trust Arts Innovator Award. Supported by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation, the $25,000 award recognizes Washington State artists working in any discipline that demonstrate innovation in their art practice—originating new work, …

Dayna was awarded a CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs for The Clay Duke. This $8,000 grant will support the creation of Dayna’s new dance theater piece, loosely inspired by a 2010 school board shooting …

Gloria’s Cause wraps up 2012 touring at Miami Light Project Dec. 7 & 8, during Art Basel Miami. The group will perform in Miami Light Project’s new space, the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse. Details on the performances, talk-back and …

The Clay Duke, Dayna’s hybrid new work in development based loosely on a 2010 school board shooting in Panama City, Florida, received support from 4Culture’s Individual Artist Projects program. The $7,500 grant will help support creation of the new work, …

Improvement Club Teaser from Dayna Hanson on Vimeo.
Fueled by the support of more than 200 individuals who made Improvement Club’s completion campaign a success on United States Artists Projects, Improvement Club is nearly finished! Currently in the capable hands …

Improvement Club, Dayna’s first feature film and a semi-fictionalized adaptation of the making of Gloria’s Cause, is in post-production! The film was shot by Benjamin Kasulke in August and September in Seattle and on the Key Peninsula of Puget Sound. …