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Hannah Joy Mettler is a dance artist, educator, and creative based in Houston, Texas.

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She is a freelance choreographer, dance educator and performing artist currently on staff at Sam Houston State University as an Adjunct Professor of Dance.

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Ms. Mettler’s choreography has been featured at Sam Houston State University, the American College Dance Association, Austin Dance Festival, {254} Dance Fest, Boot Dance Break-In Fest for Emerging Choreographers, Bailando International Dance Festival, Barnstorm Dance Fest, and has toured internationally in Switzerland, France, Northern Ireland, and Costa Rica. Additionally in 2026, she choreographed Standing Ovation Theater’s production of Newsies and was the Tap dance consultant and choreographer for Lone Star Community College’s production of Anything Goes. She frequently explores the blending of ballet and modern technique in her concert choreographic works while seeking to build dance pieces through relationship driven creative processes. Currently her creative research explores the psychosocial model of Resilience Theory, which focuses on the psychological building of perseverance within the context of group systems.