About me
Madrid based dancer, Johanna Spies, grew up in Hamburg, Germany where she started training in dance at the age of 3 years. After graduating from the Erika Klütz Schule in Hamburg as a qualified dance teacher, she moved to Leeds, England, to continue her dance practice at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, where she graduated in 2022 with a First-Class Honours.
During her time in England, she has worked with artists and companies including Phil Sanger, Joseph Mercier, Akram Khan, Thick & Tight Dance Theatre and the Vocab Dance Company.
Her own choreographic works, were performed at Festivals, including; Hop’s & Bop’s (´22 UK), Flockfest (´22 UK), Dance.Impro.Space (´23, Madrid) and ONE MORE NIGHT TO SHOW (´23, Madrid).
Her current main projects include long term collaborations with the Finnish performance group of the Dialogia!Festivaali, the Madrid based company Cia Monica Arroyo and her own performance duo with Flamenco dancer Malin Wiebe.
Bachelor of Arts - Northern School of Contemporary Dance
2019 - 2022
Dance Education - Erika Klütz Schule Hamburg
2016 - 2019