MEET MISS OLIVIA

Olivia Drumm is a classical and mainstream dance student, competitor and teacher. She trains in Chicagoland, New York and Los Angeles. Olivia has placed at YAGP and attended NYC Finals four times. She has earned numerous first overalls, scholarships, titles and judges awards for power, artistry and technical excellence. Olivia has appeared as a guest artist in Pointe Magazine's Video of the month, the Fox Valley Showcase and the Fox Valley Nutcracker. She was chosen as a Discount Dance Model Search finalist twice and a Pointe People Mentee Program Finalist, as well as a regional scholarship winner for several dance conventions. Olivia is a Ballet in the City Ambassador alumni and models for the Chicago Blackhawks, UDMA and Revolution Dancewear. She represents Allegro Dance Boutique and Honeycut Dancewear. Olivia spent summers training at Joffrey Ballet, Plainfield Dance Academy and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She performed in an original piece entitled Shadows and Light choreograohed by Zippora Karz ( former NYCB soloist and current repetiteur of the Balanchine Trust) which appeared in the Ballet in the City anniversary restaging of the Ashley Bouder Project in Akron Ohio. Olivia performed the role of Clara in PDA's Nutcracker, as well as in an original piece created by Maeghan McHale for the 9th Chicago International Dance Forum. Most recently, Olivia was honored to perform in Talia Favia's Final Chapter at the El Portal Theater in Los Angeles. Olivia is thrilled to work with costume designers Diane Schaubach of DQ Designs,Caryn Wells of Caryn Wells Designs, Grishko, LVR Designs and Bahar Carmichael of 2DieFor Costumes, as well as photographers all over the country including Sharkcookie and Jordan Matter. She performs solo works by Jessica Brewster, Leandra Groth, Nathan Lopez and Talia Favia. Olivia loves to teach, empower and create with her students.