JOHAN KING SILVERHULT
He performed the featured act ‘2 men’ in Cirque du Soleil’s groundbreaking show Zumanity in Las Vegas and in ‘Qi’ at Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin, as well as in galas and events around Europe.
He won the Jury’s prize in Concour de Paris and had solos commissioned for him at the Venice Dance Biennale and Theatre St Quentin in Paris.
Johan is based in Berlin, where he founded Salon K together with Patrick King. Salon K bring together different artistic disciplines in creations for private and corporate events in Berlin, Milan, Paris, Moscow, Stockholm, Oslo, Xi’an, Rome, Zürich, Vienna, Marrakesh.
Johan started his professional training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School at the age of 17 after years of competing in gymnastics and swimming.
His company works include Batsheva Dance Co, Finnish National Ballet, Skånes Dansteater and guesting with Royal Swedish Ballet, Peter Schaufuss Ballet, Carte Blanche and Norwegian National Ballet.
His repertoire includes Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Jiri Kilian, Maurice Béjart, Patrick King, Peter Schaufuss, John Neumeier, Carolyn Carlson, Christian Spuck, Jo Strømgren and others.
Johan has been coaching contemporary movements and choreography as well as teaching ballet for the last 25 years, and has been teaching at Cirque du Soleil, Oxytoc Dance, Ballet X Schwerin, Leipzig Ballet, DART academy, University of Las Vegas, Teatro Eliseo Rome, Opus Ballet Florence, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Norwegian National Ballet Youth Company, Trondelag Teater in Norway and Tivoli Ballet in Copenhagen. He is the co-founder of the coaching program Amplify U for young dancers in Milan.