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Olivia Wikner

Olivia is a wearer of many hats: a dreamer, performer, choreographer, teacher, amateur photographer and collaborator. She has been with the company since its inception.

Olivia grew up and trained in Canberra before venturing off to study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Taipei National University of the Arts. Olivia has been dancing with Australian Dance Party since it’s conception in 2016 and has performed in over 20 works. She won a Canberra Critic Circle Award for her solo with cellist Alex Voorhoeve in ‘Symbiosis’. Alongside performing Olivia teaches and choreographs at QL2 Dance, Lisa Clark Dance Centre and Radford Dance Academy. She is currently venturing further into photography with her husband.