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Dear Friends of Dance, For over forty years, the Olga Dunn Dance Company has continually provided dance excellence which has been seen at venues such as The Egg in Albany, New York; the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center; Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; Tanglewood's Ozawa Hall, and more. About to embark on its fifth decade, the Company continues to pursue the mission of encouraging dance through professional-level training, creation of new works, along with mesmerizing audiences throughout the Northeast. In our quest to deliver the artistry of dance to our audiences, The Dunn Dance Co. is so proud to have collaborated with the likes of the Albany Pro Musica, Berkshire Big Band, Joanne Shenandoah and many more; who have infinitely enriched our work to be vibrant, multi-dimensional productions. One of the first non-profit dance organizations based in Western Massachusetts to run on a year-round basis, the Olga Dunn Dance Company is honored to have reached thousands through performances, guest workshops, master-classes for the public, lecture-demonstrations for area school children, and outreach programming. My gratitude to all our supporters, audiences, and fellow artists who have helped shape our thriving success! Artistic Director Olga Dunn

Performers & Faculty

Rosa Barnaba Kate Chester Ava Girard Hope St Jock Jane Singer Marla Robertson (Honorarium Member) Jamal Ahamad Olga Dunn |Photo Credit: Burke Olga Dunn 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 Unversity program at Tanglewood headed by Carla Maxwell, current director of the Jose Limon Dance Company. What began as a one year stay to teach dance at area schools as well as working and teaching with Frank Hatchett in nearby Springfield evolved into a permanent residence here in Western Mass. She founded the Olga Dunn Dance Company, a non-profit professional dance company that was legally organized two years later. During her time in the Berkshires, Olga has guided her company to five Merit Aid awards from the state of Massachusetts, and placed the company on approved Pass funding school listing, was named choreography state finalist and received a choreography fellowship from Jacob's Pillow. In addition, she has also served as a local Arts Lottery panelist, and has been a long time reviewer of the Pillow summer season for the Berkshire Courier, and now the Berkshire Record. In the early 90's, she was on the dance faculty for the Berkshire Theater Festival's Internship Program in Stockbridge, MA. Ms. Dunn was also chosen and served as a Massachusetts Cultural Council panelist in Boston. Olga Dunn is

married to Dr. Brian Burke and are both the proud parents of son, Yon Burke.

Board of Directors

Brian Burke Catherine Chester Olga Dunn Pat E. Flinn Wray Gunn Pamela Ivey Beverly Kimball Cora Portnoff Ani Shaker Patri Wilson

Advisory Board

Maureen Ward Barnaba Karry Bengtson-Brothers Jody Burkle Tim Eustis Kate Knapp Sue Kormanik Cheryl Raifstanger Gun E. Stanley Carmen Tagle Wayne Gunn

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