Olivia Maridjan Koop

-1988
Dance graduate from Folkwang University of the Arts under the direction of Pina Bausch
Mark Morris Dance Group, Brussels
(Partnered with Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Wonderland")
-1991
Mark Morris Dance Group in New York
-1994
Tanztheater at the National Theater Weimar/Joachim Schlömer
-1997
Theater Basel/J. Schlömer
-2000
Freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher working in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland
-2004
Feldenkrais® teacher training in Basel
-2008 to 2017 at Theater Freiburg
Collaboration with the PVC Dance/Performance Collective
'Learning By Movement' program with Graham Smith
Stage projects with children, youth, and non-professional adult performers
-2017-2018
Diakonie project "Kontaktkunst-Inklusion in Aktion," where she led the dance division
-Since 2016 to the present
New artistic home with Compagnie LaPerformance, under the artistic direction of Julie Jaffrennou.