JOANNA COOK

Ballet & Contemporary

Joanna is a dance artist, researcher and teacher that loves to travel. She lived overseas for 11years and worked with dance-makers such as Jason Winters (JWCT), Rafael Bonachela (SDC), Erica Sobol, Danielle Ohn (KCDC), Yamit Kalef (Cullberg, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, and Itzik Galili), Iran Sharabi, Eyal Dadon, Oded Graff, Andy and Diane Noble (Noble Motion), Nina Fajdiga (Flying Low/ Passing Through) and Chisato Ohno (Batsheva). 

At the end of 2018 she spent two months in Bali to immerse herself the world of in contact improvisation, ecstatic dance and yoga. She returned to the homeland in December 2018 in order to undertake a Post Graduate Diploma in Dance Studies at The University of Auckland, graduating in 2020 with Distinction. She is now beginning her Masters year.

In her teaching role, Joanna is passionate about training artists as well as technicians. She values the reality that no two students are the same and loves getting to know, encourage and extend each student individually.