Artist Bio

Choreo Background

Olivia began choreographing in 2019, working collaboratively with her peers and seeking out any opportunity to share her work in local performances and events. She took an interest in creating dance media during the COVID-19 pandemic, and through time and research has worked to develop her skills as a videographer and editor. Most recently, Olivia co-choreographed an award-winning dance film, “Intimité Révélée”, in collaboration with Ballet22 and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She has presented live works in collaboration with ZK Gallery, the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program, Mark Foehringer Dance Project SF, and the Dance Complex. Her independent dance films have been featured in festivals such as the San Francisco Dance Film Festival in California, the Inspired Dance Film Festival in Australia, the Film Festival by RogueDance in North Carolina, and the Festival of Us, We, You, and Them in Massachusetts.

Dance Background

Olivia graduated from the 2-Year Training Program with Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco in May 2023. Throughout her time in this program, she explored her personal artistry and movement practice guided by a range of LINES faculty and guest artists, and had the opportunity perform works by Kayla Farrish, Chuck Wilt, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Jay Carlon, Keelan Whitmore, Brett Conway, and Laura O’Malley. Since then, she and has performed with Aleño Dance Project and soon will perform with BKirk Dance. Prior to her west coast move, she studied in a classically-focused environment in Integrarte’s Pre-Professional Ballet Training Program in Boston, under the expert guidance of former principal dancers Erica Cornejo and Carlos Molina; before then, she trained for multiple years at Boston Ballet School. She became a part of Pantos Project Dance’s MOVER program for the 2020-2021 season, strengthening her contemporary vocabulary with instruction from Kat Pantos and other PPD faculty. In recent years, she’s attended summer programs with New Dialect, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Pantos Project Dance, and Urbanity Dance.

teaching Background

Olivia is the Programs Coordinator for Community Education at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and is also on faculty for the Community Ed and the Children’s Division of PNB School. She also currently teaches for Creative Dance Center and Adaptive and Inclusive Movement (AIM) Seattle. Before moving to Seattle, Olivia taught for the Community and Teens Programs at Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and led a five-month residency with SF Arts Education Project. Olivia has taught additional workshops with Ballet22, LINES Dance Center, Integrarte, and Music House Chicago. Though she has just recently stepped into the role of teaching, she has been able to encourage creative expression in hundreds of students of all ages and backgrounds across the country.