Bio
Haas is a multidisciplinary movement artist and facilitator whose practice is rooted in embodied research. Their work spans performance, film, and other visual media, exploring the body as a site of inquiry and connection. As director and producer, they partner with artists, community members, city agencies, and educational and arts organizations to create performance-based and participatory artistic experiences that prioritize accessibility, inclusivity, collaboration, and human-centered engagement.
Haas has successfully secured 20+ competitive grants and fellowships supporting independent artistic and community-based project and program development, and produced or co-produced over 100 workshops, performances, and public programs. Their work has been showcased across a diverse range of settings—from traditional black box theaters and proscenium stages to historic buildings, warehouses, galleries, parks, parking lots, and a variety of unconventional and site-specific spaces.
They earned a B.A. in Dance from Columbia College Chicago and an M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. CV available upon request.
Currently, Haas lives within the traditional territory of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the O'odham peoples, today known as the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Gila River Indian Community, the Ak-Chin Indian Community and the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Photo taken by: Rachel Marie Photography
Selected Grants, Fellowships, Residencies & Exhibitions
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2026: Opportunity Grant (Arizona Commission on the Arts); Artist in Residence (Ragdale); The Anger Project: Haas's Story selected for Gravitational Lensing: A Feminist Film Dialogue Series in Oakland, CA
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2025: Featured Guest on The Show (Culture Cap segment), KJZZ 91.5 FM; Puffin Foundation Grant; ARPA Grant (Arts Foundation of Tucson and Southern Arizona)
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2024: Artist in Residence (CATALYST Creative Collective); Opportunity Grant (Arizona Commission on the Arts); New Works Grant & stART Grant (The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona); Highlighted in Tucson Weekly
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2023: The Anger Project, A Workshop (Presented at The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies); Opportunity Grant (Arizona Commission on the Arts)
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2022: Research & Development Grant (Arizona Commission on the Arts)
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2021-2022: Artist in Residence (Rancho Linda Vista)
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2020: Opportunity Grant (Arizona Commission on the Arts)
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2018: Professional Development Grant (Arizona Commission on the Arts); Highlighted in Phoenix New Times
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2017: Artist in Residence (Flagstaff Arts & Leadership Academy); Guest speaker for Sustainable Communities Class at Northern Arizona University
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2016-2017: Artist in Residence (Rosie's Ranch)
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2016: Guest speaker for One World Health Organization, Dowagiac, MI
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2013: Artist in Residence (Shared Space Art Center); Highlighted in The Vashon Loop, Ludington Daily News, & New Mexico Daily Lobo; Guest speaker for Independent Scholars, Moline, IL
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2012: Highlighted in The News Gazette, & Examiner
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2011: Highlighted in APSA News, & The News Gazette, Roy Acuff Chair of Excellence Fellowship; Moe Family Dance Award; Creative & Performing Arts Fellowship; Artist in Residence (Austin Peay State University)
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2010: Verdell Frazier Young Award; Creative & Performing Arts Fellowship
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2009: Featured Studio Artist in Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette; Graduate Student Above and Beyond Award; Creative & Performing Arts Fellowship
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2008: Creative & Performing Arts Fellowship
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2007: Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (City of Chicago)
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2005: Chicago Reader Critic’s Choice; Judith Dawn Memorial Grant
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2004: Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (City of Chicago); Artist in Residence (LinkUp at Links Hall) Artist in Residence (Doghaven Center for the Arts)
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2003: Featured Artist on Channel 23 (New Chinese Media); Chicago Reader Critic's Choice; Highlighted in the Chicago Tribune; Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (City of Chicago); Artist in Residence (LinkUp at Links Hall)