Mandy Hackman (she/her) is an aerialist, dancer, choreographer and a founding member of Circus 617. She has performed on stages across the US and beyond: highlights include 617’s productions in Boston and the Northeast, immersive works with Control Group and Rainbow Militia in Denver, dancing with Sinecdoche Dance, SAWtooth Dance, Mike Kelley, and others in NYC, flying high at the Kennedy center with Frequent Flyers Productions, and as a guest circus artist at Darpana, India, and Casa Chango, Mexico. Mandy has created her own dance-theater work as the founder/director of Tree Project and Shapeshifter collective, which toured throughout the US. She has created choreographic commissions for many dance, theater, and circus companies, and has been a featured artist at the Aerial Dance Festival and Excessive Realness Dance Festival. Offstage, you can find her coaching at Esh Circus Arts & Commonwealth Circus Center, and sharing her love of functional movement as the founder of body inclusive strength and posture service, All Our Bodies.