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 continuing the Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions film project with Scotty Hardwig and Caryn McHose (http://body-earth.org) and performing “Dancing Your Age” with colleagues in various settings.  See https://www.body-earth-events.org for Body and Earth International 20th Anniversary events in 2025-26.

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.