mind eraser | johannes wieland

we are defenders of the curious. we are defenders of the fearless. we are defenders of the confused. we are defenders of the unknown. we are defenders of the future. we are defenders of the chaos. we are defenders of the risk. we are defenders of the strange. we are defenders of the inbetween. we are defenders of the new. we are defenders of the difficult. we are defenders of the trash. we are defenders of the ordinary. we are defenders of the perplexing. we are defenders of the weird. we are defenders of the disoriented. we are defenders of the defenders. we are defenders of science. we are defenders of the free will. we are defenders of the left. we are defenders of the world. we are defenders of the now. we are defenders of the mind. we are defenders of the liberal. we are defenders of the contemporary. we are defenders of the imaginative. we are defenders of the queer. we are defenders of the bold. we are defenders of the colors. we are defenders of the body. we are defenders of the mindless. we are defenders of the rush. we are defenders of the clash. we are defenders of calm. we are defenders of the loud. we are defenders of the ugly. we are defenders of the beauty. we are defenders of the stars. we are defenders of the mothers. we are defenders of the fathers. we are defenders of the sensitive. we are defenders of the small. we are defenders of the searchers. we are defenders of the whales. we are defenders of the experimental. we are defenders of the different. we are defenders of the changing. we are defenders of the researching. we are defenders of the universe. we are defenders of the natural. we are defenders of the slow. we are defenders of the other worldly. we are defenders of the visionaires. we are defenders of the untold. we are defenders of the factual. we are defenders of the old. we are defenders of the intellectual. we are defenders of the brave. we are defenders of the non-intellectual. we are defenders of the reasoning. we are defenders of the diversity. we are defenders of the new order. we are defenders of the non-abled. we are defenders of the redemption. we are defenders of the others. we are defenders of the questions. we are defenders of the unparalleled. we are defenders of the fast. we are defenders of the space. we are defenders of the unbelievable. we are defenders of the lost. we are defenders of the missing. we are defenders of the undogmatic. we are defenders of the forgotten. we are defenders of the modernists. we are defenders of the eradicated. we are defenders of the absent-minded. we are defenders of the beings. we are defenders of letting be.

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:

 

  • performance of darwintodarwin //

    february 2025 //

    spin // international dance festival project // brazil // são paulo

     

  • the invincible loser workshop //

    february 2025 //

    spin // international dance festival project // brazil // são paulo

     

  • creation of a new piece //

    5 / april / 2025 premiere plus multiple other performances //

    tanz bielefeld // bielefeld // germany

     

  • creation of a new piece //

    july 2025 //

    b12 summer festival // berlin // germany

     

  • commission of a new piece / premiere

    // 28 + 29 / 11 / 2025

    northern school of contemporary dance // leeds // uk

     

recent creations:

 

  • 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) /

    watch trailer