Hana Saotome trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. As a dancer she has performed and toured extensively throughout the UK with Beyond Repair Dance, recently performing in the semifinals of Sky TV’s ‘Got To Dance’. She has also performed and worked closely with Movement Angol Dance Company under the direction of Francis Angol.

As a choreographer she has created several works. Most recently she collaborated with Aya Jane Saotome. The outcome being “April”, a work involving their Anglo-Japanese heritage. Throughout this process she developed a fruitful working relationship with composer A.Lorenzo who created the musical arrangement for “April”. She then went on to work in collaboration A.Lorenzo to create music for “Praying Mantis” for Islington Arts Factory, showcased at the Lilian Baylis Theatre and The Bloomsbury Theatre.