About Olivier

Olivier Besson’s work has been presented internationally at the National Institute of the Arts (Taiwan), Die Pratze (Japan), the Art of Movement Festival (Russia), Canaldanse (France), Companie Vertige (France), and LshVa (India). He has collaborated with many individuals in the US and abroad, including dance artists Chris Aiken, Cathy Young, Debra Bluth, Ming-Shen Ku, Toshiko Oiwa and Suzie Rzecznik, and musicians/composers Mike Vargas and Nate Tucker. Besson's introduction to improvisation came through his exposure to contact improvisation, which he studied with Robin Field and Andrew Harwood. He furthered his study of improvisation and real-time composition with Julyen Hamilton and subsequently started developing his own methodology. During that time, he also studied and performed Bugaku (court dance from Japan) with Arawana Hayashi. Other training includes Butoh with Maureen Fleming and Action Theater with Ruth Zaporah and Sarah Hickler. He joined the Boston Conservatory in 2004, where he is an associate professor of dance.

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film still: Olivier Besson