Olga Dukhovnaya is a Ukrainian-born dancer, choreographer and pedagogue living in France. A graduate of P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), she first developed her projects in Moscow, was a recipient of the DanceWeb (ImpulsTanz, Vienna) grant, then obtained a Master’s degree in dance at CNDC Angers.
She created Korowod (2012), a piece inspired by a traditional Slavic dance performed in a group, then Soeur (2018) in collaboration with artist Robert Steijn. In 2022, she imagines Swan Lake Solowhose challenge is to embody all the roles in Swan Lake with a single performer. She is also a performer for Boris Charmatz, Maud Le Pladec, Ashley Chen and features in video installations by Dutch artist Aernout Mik.
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