conceived in lisbon and born in berlin, johannes wieland completed his bfa at the amsterdam university of the arts, and worked, thereupon, in various companies with an extensive array of choreographers. after performing with the béjart ballet lausanne, he relocated to new york city, where he received his mfa in contemporary dance and choreography at nyu / tisch school of the arts. while running the company 'johannes wieland' in new york, he built from scratch what, for 15 years, has been known as the contemporary dance company at the state theater of kassel, germany, holding positions as a resident choreographer, artistic director and director of the dance department. his continued cinematic interest led him to making short movies. creating multi-disciplinary work through his berlin company mind eraser/johannes wieland is his newest playground and aside from being commissioned from companies and teaching for universities, his critically acclaimed pieces have been invited to tour internationally to festivals and events. johannes is also directing and curating b12 - the festival for contemporary dance and performance art (www.b12.space), which runs annually in berlin. he is a 1st prize winner of the kurt jooss prize, and has been awarded numerous other prizes, recognitions, scholarships, and grants. johannes was a nominee for the german theater prize der faust in 2016 for his creation you will be removed. he works on non-categorising art.
upcoming events:
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performance of darwintodarwin //
february 2025 //
spin // international dance festival project // brazil // são paulo
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the invincible loser workshop //
february 2025 //
spin // international dance festival project // brazil // são paulo
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creation of a new piece //
5 / april / 2025 premiere plus multiple other performances //
tanz bielefeld // bielefeld // germany
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creation of a new piece //
july 2025 //
b12 summer festival // berlin // germany
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commission of a new piece / premiere
// 28 + 29 / 11 / 2025
northern school of contemporary dance // leeds // uk
recent creations:
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we will be removed //
site specific piece in berlin (2023) /
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neuzeit //
commission by landestheater linz (2022) /
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the unforgiving singularity //
a documentary style film by johannes wieland (2021) /
erase me at
minderaser@
johanneswieland.org