Johanna Hilari
Member of the jury since 2024
was born in 1989 and works as a dramaturge and dance researcher. She grew up bilingual (German and Spanish) in La Paz, Bolivia and studied dance and theatre in Bern and Paris. In 2022, she completed her dissertation at the University of Bern Institute of Theatre Studies, where she remained as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer until the end of 2023. She has worked as a freelance dramaturge in the fields of contemporary dance and performance since 2013 and is currently the resident dramaturge of the programme «Danse & Dramaturgie CH», initiated by the Théâtre Sévelin 36 in Lausanne. She chairs the City of Zurich Concept Promotion Jury together with Mirjam Hildbrand and is a member of the managing board of BETA, an association for dance professionals in Bern.
