Photo by: Stephen Keith

Andrea Olsen, performer, author, and educator, is a Professor Emerita of Dance at Middlebury College, and a certified instructor of Holden QiGong and Embodyoga. She is author of a quartet of books on embodiment: Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy, Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide, The Place of Dance: A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making with colleague Caryn McHose, and Moving Between Worlds: A Guide to Embodied Living and Communicating, along with numerous articles and chapters in anthologies. She is a graduate of the U. of Utah (MFA/Dance), Millikin University (BA/Art), and attended the Institute of European Studies (Paris).

Recent projects include completing a film, La Passeggiata, with Scotty Hardwig in Novi Velia, Italy, co-created with Fabiano Culora, Caryn McHose, and Gianluca Vincentini, plus choreographing performance works with Maya LaLiberte and colleagues as part of the 2026 Artist Cohort at 33 Hawley in Northampton, MA. The Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions film project with Scotty Hardwig and Caryn McHose continues with multiple translations (http://body-earth.org).

Archive:

For a conversation hosted by Fran Stoddard, with stellar colleague at Middlebury College Penny Campbell in 2013, check out: https://www.pbs.org/video/penny-campbell-andrea-olsen-xl3t4y/?fbclid=I

For my last year at Middlebury College in 2013 before teaching in Monterey, CA, see: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/the-dance-company-of-middlebury-celebrates-its-30th-with-a-premiere-performance-2242709

For a Faculty Profile at the Bates College Dance Festival in 2016 see: https://vimeo.com/178931021

For so much more leading to the present moment, look through this website and stay in touch! I am working on a memoir, so these former reflections seem relevant. Photo below is from La Passeggiata by Scotty Hardwig.