Olase Freeman

Nazarian Center (401) 456-9883

Background

Olase Freeman is a dancer/choreographer recently relocated to Rhode Island. A partial list of the companies he has worked with include Jane Comfort & Co., Creach/Dance and Marlies Yearby’s Movin’ Spirits Theater, Headlong Dance Theater, and Leah Stein Dance Company. Heavily influenced by his late friends and mentors, Cynthia Novack and Richard Bull, he continues their spirit of investigation and commitment employing spirals, rhythm and breath. Olase's choreographic work has been performed in such diverse venues as The Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), Movement Research at Judson Church, Link’s Hall (Chicago), the Cunningham Studio, Joyce/Soho, Dixon Place, Thelma Hill (Long Island University), as well as the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2002).

As a teacher Olase has conducted residencies and taught classes internationally at the Firkin Crane, Cork City, Ireland, Curitiba and Londrina, Brazil, Congresso Internacional de Danza a nivel Baja California, Mexico, and domesticly at Western Wyoming Community College, the DanceCenter at Columbia College (Chicago), SUNY Brockport, Hobart/William Smith College, Link’s Hall (Chicago), CalState San Marcos, Sushi Performance Inc. (San Diego), Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion, (Seattle, WA), University of Montana, Missoula. Olase is the co-artistic director of BaldSoul, a company he shares with his wife and dance-partner Katie McNamara.