Olga Dunn Dance Company

Olga was born in Paris, France, of Russian origin. Being immersed in dance since the age of five, she began her studies at the Richmond Academy of Ballet in Virginia, under Marjorie Faye Underhill. After studying at the Royal Canadian School of Ballet, Emerson College in Boston, and George Washington University in Washington D.C., she pursued dance in New York City with Erick Hawkins, Peter Gennaro, Maggie Black, Fred Benjamin, Thelma Hill and others at studios such as the Igor Youskevitch Ballet Studio and the New Dance Group Studio. She credits her work in New York City with helping her crystallize her personal ideas about dance. Olga became acquainted with the Berkshire area through two summers of a Boston University program at Tanglewood headed by Carla Maxwell, with the Jose Limon Dance Company.