Hannah was born in Oxfordshire, England, and began her training at Elmhurst School for Dance in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet. From Elmhurst she went on to continue her training at London Contemporary Dance School where she completed a BA (Hons) degree. While at LCDS, she worked with Hofesh Shechter and Jeanie Steele (formerly of Merce Cunningham Dance Company). In her final year at LCDS, she performed in the third year touring company, LC3, which included in its repertoire works by Richard Alston, Tom Dale and Jan De Schynkel. She joined Richard Alston Dance Company as an apprentice dancer in 2007.