*Photo by Allina Yang
OLIVIA ANDERSON
BRIDGE PROJECT 2026
UNTITLED NEW WORK
FEB 5 + 6 | 7:30 PM
FEB 7 | 2 PM + 7:30 PM
12th Ave Arts Studio Theater |1620 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Presented through the Velocity’s Emerging Creative Incubator Program
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This dance is rooted in improvisation—an act of listening, surrender, and response. For me, movement begins not with choreography, but with a need: a physical and spiritual need to express what lives inside the body. Dance is first a form of prayer, a way to connect to self and spirit, before it becomes performance. As fascism casts a shadow on our horizon, I wonder: What can art do now? I believe it can do what it has always done—offer a space for resistance, for remembering, for rehumanizing. In this piece, my body becomes both question and answer. Through breath, emotion, and embodied storytelling, I seek to communicate in a language that bypasses intellect and speaks directly to the nervous system. In moving, I hope to move something in you.
ARTIST BIO
Olivia Anderson studies dance in her kitchen / on the stage / in the street / on the bus / in her tears / in the leaves / as spirit calls her to do so. Olivia is 25 but sometimes she feels 16 and 80 at the same time. She has taught young adults at the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences and the University of Washington (they teach her a lot). Her passion for physical storytelling has led her to perform and collaborate with artists such as dani tirrell, Keyes Wiley, Alicia Mullikin (EL SUEÑO), Alice Gosti (Malacarne), and many others. She has presented her own solo works in CO- Show 8, bloodsugar, and BOOST Dance Festival. Olivia holds a BA in Dance from the University of Washington. Olivia owns a great curiosity that drives her love of people. The world, and Olivia, are both not ready for Olivia.