WHAT IS...
THE SANCTUARY PROJECT
SANCTUARY is a site-specific concept of dance in collaboration with a church's architecture and values. It is a continual body of work that is re-imagined based on the host church. At each site, the project is customized in order to uplift and enhance the building's unique architecture as well as the congregation's values. SANCTUARY has taken form in new spaces, reintroducing a church to its congregation. This project merges historic architecture through an innovative lens.
SANCTUARY had a successful debut in NYC and a momentous film festival season following. SANCTUARY is a dynamically evolving piece, constantly being re-staged and reinvented across the country, and includes collaborators in some of the nation's leading faith-based institutions such as Notre Dame University, Redeemer Churches and Ministries, and Belmont University.
This program was made possible through the Plansoen Foundation and a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Choreographed, Directed, and Produced by Lindsey Hanson
W83 at Redeemer West Side, New York City
SELAH
SELAH, a contemplative work in collaboration with University of Notre Dame, is a continuation of Hanson's SANCTUARY (2021). It invites viewers to pause and reflect on the painful beauty of resilience and the search for meaning in the midst of hardship.
SELAH allows room to contemplate, to pause, and to find solace.
Choreographed by Lindsey Hanson and Kaleigh Estby. Staged on Location at
Reyes Organ and Choral Hall at the University of Notre Dame.
The project was generously funded by the Nyenhuis Faculty Development Grant in the summer of 2024.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Lindsey is the honored recipient of a 2026 Creative Arts Collective Grant
Over the course of 2026, she will create four new works
performed at Pillar Church in Holland, MI April 2026, Dimnent Chapel in May 2026, Redeemer Presbyterian West Side in September 2026, & Westminster Presbyterian in November 2026.
Pillar Church
Westminster Presbyterian
Dimnent Memorial Chapel
Redeemer West Side
