Joan Ferré Gómez

Joan Ferré Gómez is a dancer, choreographer, and performer from Barcelona. Drawn to movement from an early age, he began his professional training at Àrea, Espai de Dansa i Creació before continuing his studies at Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam, where he graduated in 2016.

During his studies, he completed an internship at Luzerner Theater (Switzerland). He subsequently joined the Nationaltheater Mannheim under the direction of Stephan Thoss and later became a member of Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau, working with Dan Pelleg and Marko E. Weigert. Throughout these years, he collaborated with choreographers such as Marina Mascarell, Idan Sharabi, Felix Lander, Marco Goecke, and Jan Martens.

In 2019, Joan began working as a freelance artist, collaborating with companies such as Ivgi & Greben in Amsterdam and Cie Thor in Brussels. In 2020, with the support of Choreographic Centre Heidelberg, he created his first independent work, Go Ask the River, which premiered at Tanzbiennale Heidelberg in 2021.

Since returning to Spain, he has worked with leading choreographers and companies including Antonio Ruz, Sharon Fridman, Aimar Pérez Galí, Paloma Muñoz (Cía. Siberia), Cielo Raso, and cia. Unaiuna.
For his performance in SCROLL, he received the Best Performer Award at the Institut del Teatre Dance Awards 2021.

Alongside his work as a performer, Joan has increasingly focused on choreography.
In collaboration with Amalia Elotza Izaguirre (whom comes from a Theater background), he co-created Aquí está todo, later developed into Hau da Dena, which was selected for Katapulta and toured across the Basque Country in 2025.

In 2025, Joan joined Theater und Orchester Heidelberg under the artistic direction of Iván Pérez, first as a guest artist and later as a full-time company member. There, he continued developing his choreographic practice, creating works such as There is something about the river, selected for the 40th Hannover Choreographic Competition, and An Open Gesture.

His work combines choreography with theatrical elements and is driven by conceptual inquiry. Interested in the tension between the literal and the abstract, he often uses irony and subtle humour to explore perception, meaning, and human behaviour.