Jeele Johannsen

Jeele Johannsen, born in 1997 near Cologne, discovered his passion for theatre, movement and music early on. A versatile performer and multi-instrumentalist (12+ instruments), he appears as a singer-songwriter, composes for stage and film, and often uses a loop station in his concerts.

From 2013 to 2015, he performed in Berlin under the direction of students from HfS Ernst Busch and UdK. In 2016, a dance piece he co-created with Paula Moré was invited to Tanztreffen der Jugend. Around the same time, he created his first circus works, including Turns with acrobat Nina Blankenagel.

In 2014, he toured Switzerland with Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2017, he joined Circus Chnopf and began his BA in Physical Theatre at Accademia Teatro Dimitri, refining his skills as actor, clown, acrobat, dancer and musician. After graduating in 2020, he co-founded Compagnie Da-Per-Tous with Margot Prod’hom, premiering Die Qual der Wahl! in 2021.

He gave workshops at Accademia and the University of Lausanne, and in 2022 worked as actor, assistant director and choreographer at Theater Aalen (Felix Krull). His MA at ZHdK culminated in ERWACHEN, a physical theatre piece after Wedekind, in 2024.

Recently, he co-created a music-theatre and circus piece for young audiences at Opernhaus Zürich, directed at Theater am Hechtplatz, and was nominated for the Jungsegler award at NordArt Festival. In his ongoing projects, Jeele blends acting, music, circus and dance into a distinctive performative language.