Faculty Profile Jon Ole Olstad

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    Jon Ole Olstad

    Jon Ole Olstad

    Contemporary

    Biography:

    Jon Ole Olstad started dancing at 16, realizing it to be his greatest passion. He was accepted into the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 2009. After college, he was hired for the tour project "Kamuyot", a collaboration between the Swedish Riksteatern, and Batsheva Dance Company, led by artistic director Ohad Naharin. In 2013, Jon Ole was hired by Nederlands Dans Theater 1, led by artistic director Paul Lightfoot. In NDT1, he had the honor of working with Paul Lighfoot and Sol Leon, Johan Inger, Hofesh Shechter, Marco Goecke, Alexander Ekman, Jiri Kylian, Mehdi Walerski and Crystal Pite. His own choreography has been presented at several festivals, venues and choreographic competitions; Cross Connection Choreography Competition in Copenhagen, Korea Contemporary Dance Competition, Stockholm Dance Film Festival, and Gala of the stars. In 2015, he presented his solo "and we already knew the names" at the prestigious International Solo Tanz Competition in Stuttgart. He was awarded 1st prize dancer and choreographer and toured the solo in Germany, Brazil and NYC. In 2019 he was awarded the production prize from Ballet Basel at the 33.rd International Hannover Choreography competition with the solo’ Finally its everything’. In 2009, he started teaching to share his knowledge and his love of dance. He has taught and choreographed at numerous colleges: Juilliard, NYU-Tisch, Marymount Manhattan College, Acosta Danza, Khio- Oslo, Balletakademien in Stockholm, Alvin Ailey and Lines Ballet. He has given company class to Gallim Dance, Ballet Hispanico, BODYTRAFFIC and Theater Regensburg Tanz. He is a highly sought out teacher and has been on Faculty for acclaimed professional Dance studios, such as Edge PAC, Movement Lifestyle, Millenium Dance Complex, Peridance, Broadway Dance Center, ArtÉmotion Summer Intensive- Ballet West, Joffrey Ballet Intensive, World Dance Movement Festival in Italy and NUOVA OFFICINA DELLA DANZA.

    Class Description:



    This improvisation class creates potential for the dancer to discover new ways of moving the body from a physical, mental, and emotional point of view. The goal of the class is to keep one moving continuously while adding on layers of tasks presented from the teacher. The tasks trigger and stimulate the trust to let go of old assumptions of who you are as a mover. We will practice folding the body in and out of expansion and intimacy, articulating each joint of the body, yawning the muscles open, the efficiency of moving up and down from the floor, moving like an animal on the ground, using your technique while distorting the shape of it, and disguising the predictability of movement.

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