About Johanna ENOUGH

Dancing was not a part of Johannas life growing up.

“I always felt like something was missing. I knew my body wanted to move”

There was a specific event from Johanna’s childhood that left a mark in her memory and her confidence. This might have been the seed that gave Johanna the confidence and courage to become a dancer.

“I was about 9 years old, performing at a school event with some class mates. After the performance an older kid approached me and said - You’re gonna be a good dancer when you grow up - That moment left a huge impact on me and it stayed with me until this day.”

Focusing on school work, it would take many years before Johanna pursued dancing. In 2013 Johanna Graduated University with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science & Global Development, and a Masters Degree in Social Anthropology. It was during her university studies she finally got connected with dancing - through her love for Jamaican music. It was in 2008 at the age of 20 when Johanna saw Swedish Dancehall dancer Melpo Mellz performing at a dancehall club that the door opened up for Johanna to start dance. Johanna started taking dancehall classes for Melpo.

“In my very first dancehall class with Melpo I knew: This is what I wanna do for the rest of my life.”

After graduating, Johanna found herself too busy dancing to pursue a career within her field of study. The last years of University studies she focused completely on learning about dancehall. She did the fieldwork for her masters Thesis in Jamaica and wrote about the Jamaican dancehall dancers. You can find her masters thesis here.

“I never really chose a career as a dancer. I’ve just been so busy dancing that I haven’t had time to look for a job”

For Johanna the passion is not about dancing alone. It's about Jamaican culture. It’s about Dancehall. It was during a dance class teaching a large group of people Johanna got the idea. What if I bring all these people to Jamaica, and they will see, understand and appreciate the original source of the dance.

So she started Let’s Go To Jamaica.

More about Johanna ENOUGH’s dancing career

Since 2012 Johanna has been a member of ENOUGH DANCE CREW and thats how she got the name Johanna ENOUGH. Encouraged by her team members she entered the Swedish Dancehall Queen contest in 2013. She won the competition and since then she's been DHQ Johanna ENOUGH, also known as “monkey Jo” for her crazy acrobatic stunts and wild spirit.

After being titled Swedish Dancehall Queen Johanna started getting booked to perform, teach and feature in music videos.  Throughout the years Johanna has travelled around the world teaching workshops, performed, and judged dance competitions. Some of the countries she’s been working in: Russia, Canada, China, Jamaica, USA, UK, and all around Europe. She has been working with artists such as Demarco, Popcaan, Tommy Lee, Aidonia, Vybz Kartel, I-Octane, Tommy Lee, Major Lazer, legend Jimmy Cliff, and world renowned boyband Backstreet Boys.

Her career took a big turn in 2017 when she reached world-wide fame for her pregnant dancing videos. She has been featured on local entertainment sites in countries such as Nigeria, Russia, and America. Since then she has been able to focus on what she find most important and what she loves the most, which is: 
Teaching dance classes & 
organising dance trips to Jamaica.