Haley Johnson・ 2025 CONTEMPORARY
Haley Johnson is from Chicago, Illinois, and began her dance training at the Joffrey Academy of Dance under the direction of Ana Reznik and Alexei Kremnev. Johnson then earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance from the University of Arizona in May of 2018, graduating with a Magna Cum Laude. Johnson trained at numerous intensive programs, including Orlando Ballet, Houston Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theater, LINES Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, New Dialect, and BODYTRAFFIC. She has performed works by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Micaela Taylor, Penny Saunders, Peter Chu, Crystal Pite, Peter Chu, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Ihsan Rustem, Joni McDonald, Garrett Smith, Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, and Alonzo King.
Alongside performing, Johnson was a selected finalist for the American Choreographic
Festival (2017, 2018), received The Undergraduate Creative Achievement Award (2017)
from the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts. She was a resident choreographer at
US International Ballet as well as a finalist for the 21st Annual McCallum Theater
Choreography Festival. Johnson was also selected for METDance’s top 12 of their
NEWDance Choreography Platform of 2019 and won 2nd Place Judges’ Choice at the
Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2019. Johnson has also set work on Salt Lake
School of the Performing Arts spring of 2019. Haley had work selected to be featured at the
Body Logic Choreography Festival and the 2019 New Century Dance Project Gala Concert.
She has been one of the three selected women choreographers to create new work for the
Sugar Space: SUITE Women Defining Space Production 2019. In 2020, Johnson created a new work on Oquirrh West Project that was to premiere at the Leona Wagner Black Box
Theater. In the Summer of 2020, Johnson co-produced an outdoor, socially distanced
choreographic production, OuterSpace. Johnson gave choreographers and dancers of the Salt
Lake dance community the opportunity to showcase their original works in a
proscenium-spaced parking lot at 600 S 600 W. Johnson has then created an original work at
the SALT Contemporary Dance Youth Summer Intensive of 2021 titled, The Start-Up. In
February of 2022, Haley was invited to create and perform as a guest artist at the 801 Salon
hosted by the Vis. Gallery in Salt Lake City. 801 Salon premiered her latest work, Falling Up.
Haley has also been a guest performer at Ashlee Vilos’ Creator’s Grid in February of 2023
at Metro Music Hall. In the 2023/2024 season, Haley created an original work on the Ballet
West Academy titled Breath Through Time. While being heavily involved in her independent
projects in Salt Lake City, Johnson has professionally danced on SALT Contemporary
Dance’s main company for 6 seasons along with being the Development Director of the
organization for the 2023-’24 season. Johnson is currently dancing professionally as a
freelance artist and choreographing new works along the Wasatch Front.
Alongside performing, Johnson was a selected finalist for the American Choreographic
Festival (2017, 2018), received The Undergraduate Creative Achievement Award (2017)
from the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts. She was a resident choreographer at
US International Ballet as well as a finalist for the 21st Annual McCallum Theater
Choreography Festival. Johnson was also selected for METDance’s top 12 of their
NEWDance Choreography Platform of 2019 and won 2nd Place Judges’ Choice at the
Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2019. Johnson has also set work on Salt Lake
School of the Performing Arts spring of 2019. Haley had work selected to be featured at the
Body Logic Choreography Festival and the 2019 New Century Dance Project Gala Concert.
She has been one of the three selected women choreographers to create new work for the
Sugar Space: SUITE Women Defining Space Production 2019. In 2020, Johnson created a new work on Oquirrh West Project that was to premiere at the Leona Wagner Black Box
Theater. In the Summer of 2020, Johnson co-produced an outdoor, socially distanced
choreographic production, OuterSpace. Johnson gave choreographers and dancers of the Salt
Lake dance community the opportunity to showcase their original works in a
proscenium-spaced parking lot at 600 S 600 W. Johnson has then created an original work at
the SALT Contemporary Dance Youth Summer Intensive of 2021 titled, The Start-Up. In
February of 2022, Haley was invited to create and perform as a guest artist at the 801 Salon
hosted by the Vis. Gallery in Salt Lake City. 801 Salon premiered her latest work, Falling Up.
Haley has also been a guest performer at Ashlee Vilos’ Creator’s Grid in February of 2023
at Metro Music Hall. In the 2023/2024 season, Haley created an original work on the Ballet
West Academy titled Breath Through Time. While being heavily involved in her independent
projects in Salt Lake City, Johnson has professionally danced on SALT Contemporary
Dance’s main company for 6 seasons along with being the Development Director of the
organization for the 2023-’24 season. Johnson is currently dancing professionally as a
freelance artist and choreographing new works along the Wasatch Front.