BIOGRAPHY

KAREN OLIVER, A MEXICO-BORN DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND INSTRUCTOR, CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LOS ANGELES. SHE HOLDS A B.F.A. IN DANCE PERFORMANCE AND A B.S. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MARKETING FROM CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY. THROUGHOUT HER EDUCATION, SHE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF LEARNING FROM RENOWNED DANCE  COMPANIES SUCH AS COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET, HUBBARD STREET DANCE, ENTITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE, DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM, MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP, TL COLLECTIVE, AND PILOBOLUS.

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KAREN PERFORMED PIECES BY A VARIETY OF DISTINGUISHED CHOREOGRAPHERS, INCLUDING JACOB JONAS, CAMERON LEE, KAYLA KALBFLEISCH, ALEXANDER CHUNG, AND DWIGHT RHODEN. SHE HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM WITH RENOWNED COMPANIES SUCH AS GRV AND POTION COMPANY, AS WELL AS WITH ESPIRITU WORLDWIDE. HER CHOREOGRAPHY HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SEVERAL DANCE CONCERTS, CONCEPT VIDEOS, AND PERFORMANCES, SUCH AS L.A'S CHOREOGRAPHER'S CARNIVAL AND WORLD OF DANCE'S CHOREOGRAPHER SHOWCASE. 

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IN ADDITION TO HER CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE WORK, KAREN IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WORLD OF DANCE COMMUNITY, WHERE SHE CONTRIBUTES AS A FEATURED ONLINE PERSONALITY AND DANCE PODCAST HOST. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT COMBINING HER BUSINESS AND ARTISTIC BACKGROUNDS TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE DANCE INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY IN LOS ANGELES AND MEXICO CITY, WHERE SHE ASPIRES TO FURTHER DEVELOP HER CAREER AS BOTH A DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER.

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