Photography by Camilla Greenwell
Anouk Jouanne is a contemporary dancer, performer & photographer. Originally from Reykjavík, Iceland, she now works between London & across the Nordic region.
As a performer she’s been a part of projects spanning traditional stage productions, site specific performances, music videos & film projects. Credits & collaborations include Sung Im Her, Gregor Petrikovic, Gabriella Engdahl, lisa luxx & Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Goat Girl, Alice&Synne, Alexandra Green, Kiri Leigh Zullo, Kandinsky, Iceland Symphony Orchestra & more.
Anouk is a founding member of the improvisation performance group I ; N Collective. Made up of nine dancers based around Europe they practice instant composition dance theatre making. The group has worked with groups & organisations such as Company of Elders at Sadlers Wells, Child Studio, Age UK, Mind The Gap & Youth Theatre Japan.
Her directorial film debut is titled ‘№ 193’ where she also acted as choreographer & movement director. Her second piece, a dance short titled ‘Prelude: A recounting of two futures & a past’ was released with support of Flux Projects, as a part of their short film series ‘Holding On’. Both films are made with DOP Scarlett Gardner, accompanied with music by composer Joanna Ward.
As a photographer she works solely with analogue methods. Starting with the fascination of the tangibility of analogue & an interest in capturing dance as it is researched & rehearsed. She’s photographed numerous dance & performance rehearsals as well as promotional material. She handprints her own work in open tray (colour & BW) & continues to explore different methods in the darkroom & how to continue building on the photographic process in the tray.
She’s had her work exhibited at Vertical Terrain, curated by Synne Lundesgaard (Ugly Duck, London, 2022), Gutter Sprung residency, curated by Hannah Mason (The Horse Hospital, London, 2023), at London Art Fair as a part of ‘Photographs of Movement’ curated by Flux Projects in January 2024, & ‘The Moment in Which Our Bodies Lose Contact is the End’ & ‘Horizons’ - Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025 - part of VÆKST Creative programme - co-created photographic installation pieces with Kiri Leigh Zullo & Sari Mizoe
Upcoming:
‘Tender Unit’ - with choreographer Synne Lundesgaard - artists in residence at Dansverkstæðið Summer Residency 2025, Dansakademins Internationella Utbyteslabb 2025 at Regionateater Väst 2025
Contact
anouk.jouanne@gmail.com