JOHN TORE WANNEHAG

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Born in Åhus, Sweden John comes from a rigours sports background in skiing, track & field and mountain biking. It wasn't until his teenage years John found his passion for dance.

After graduating at Lunds dans- och musikalgymnasium John moved to Leeds, England to further train as a dancer at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance where he graduated with a first class honours for his achievements on his Bachelor degree, the year later he completed his MA in performance practice where he focused on the relationship between film music and film.

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In 2014 John's film Young Angry Men won the first edition of the student category at Cinedans - dance on screen festival (NL), marking the beginning of his filmmaking.

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Since graduating John have been seen performing for companies such as tanzmainz (Staatstheater Mainz), Skånes Dansteater, ForWorks and Van Huynh Dance Company. He has performed in original works by Sharon Eyal, Koen Augustijnen & Rosalba Torres Guerrero, Guy Weizman & Roni Haver, Rui Horta, Guy Nader & Maria Campos, Marcos Morrau, Martin Forsberg and Maxine Doyle.