sweet edge is a modern company with a flare for entanglement - of body, personal definition and the un-uttered perspective. Olson draws inspiration from extremes of daily circumstance and the psychological journey to find balance in a world of beauty and devastation, the continual unearthing of chaos and choice. Olson’s reputation is for a style viscerally explosive and technically commanding in which the performers take on risk and abandon in interactions of crashing force and intensity.
sweet edge has performed in festivals and independent venues in Asia, Canada, Central America, Europe Mexico, the US, and the United Kingdom. The company has collaborated with a myriad of artists, such as: poet Mary Kite, composer Mark Deutsch, composer Randy Gibson, fashion designer and artist Paula Hutman, writer and film maker Nikki Widner and video dance artist Ana Baer-Carrillo, among others.
Founded in 2001 by Choreographer and Artistic Director kim olson, formerly with the Stephen Petronio Company, sweet edge is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization, and is an affiliate member of the Boulder County Arts Alliance, Mariposa Collective, Dance USA, Colorado Dance Alliance, Think 360, and the International Council on Dance. sweet edge has received funding through private donors, Boulder County Arts Alliance, Boulder Arts Commission, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, and by the National Endowment for the Arts (via Dance USA, for performances at international tanzmesse nrw).
Jennifer Arnone *
is pleased to be dancing for the first time with Sweet Edge. Her early career in dance began in State College PA with the Allied Motion improvisation company. After earning an MFA in Dance and Choreography at the University of Colorado, she tried her luck in New York. There she enjoyed the starving artist lifestyle while performing with Urban Wash and Ko-Ryo dance companies and in the works of Oliver Steele, David Dorfman, Jeanine Durning, Jen Nugent and Renee Gerardo. She occasionally unleashes her own works and improvisations upon the world. Jennifer is currently a massage therapist and yoga instructor in the Boulder area.
Lindsay Ashmun
lives and dances professionally in New York City. She is a founding company member of kim olson/sweet edge with whom she toured internationally from 2001-2004. She received her undergraduate degree in Dance and Performance studies from Naropa University in Boulder, CO under the mentorship of Barbara Dilley. In Colorado, Lindsay studied and danced with Still Moving Ensemble directed by Cara Reeser. Since moving to NYC in 2004, Lindsay has performed in the companies of Wil Swanson and Jeremy Laverdure, Available Space Project, Blueprint Violation, and danced under the direction of filmmaker Francois Girard in Bang On a Can's LOST OBJECTS. She has been performing and teaching internationally with David Dorfman Dance and Gerald Casel Dance since 2005.
Lauren Beale
received a BFA in Dance from U of C-Boulder and performed and traveled the world with Colorado artists Helander Dance Theater, David/Capps Dances, Interweave Dance Theater, Jerri Davis, Len Barron and many others. In New York City she also performed nationally and internationally with Curt Haworth, Ellis Wood, Jane Comfort, produced her own work and co-created Two Peas & A Pod, a new dance company with fellow native Coloradoan Jessica Hendricks. She received her Vinyasa Yoga teaching certification from NYC's Om Yoga Center, and now teaches dance and yoga throughout the area including the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop and U of C-Boulder where she was on faculty in the Dance Dept.
Dani Beauchamp
is a dancer and choreographer working in Los Angeles, California. She has had the good fortune of performing works by Debra Christie, Joe Goode, Gabriel Mason, Alexander Gish, Nina Martin, Kim Olson, and Ana Baer. Her own work has premiered at the Boulder International Fringe Festival, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Topanga Park, and the University of Morelia in Mexico. Most recently her work was produced by Los Angeles’ Highways Performance Space. Since 2004 Dani has been a collaborative artist with Avant Media Performance; a non-profit organization dedicated to collaborative performance works. In 2007, her short film Saturate premiered as an installation at the San Souci International Film Festival. Dani is also the co-owner of Second Story, a Pilates and GYROTONIC method studio in Los Angeles county.
KC Chun-Manning *
received her M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign. She is a relatively recent transplant to Colorado and thrilled to be working with kim olson/sweet edge. Her professional performing credits include the choreography of Sara Hook (New York) and Cynthia Oliver (Chicago), along with performing her own choreography. Her solo research project, Residue, was presented in 2005 at Bucknell University, Trinity College, and at Spoke the Hub Dancing in Brooklyn, NY. In New York, KC presented her choreography at the 2006 DUMBO Dance Festival, the Merce Cunningham Studio, Fielday at Dance Theater Workshop, Peridance Center, WAX/Williamsburg Art Nexus, and at Spoke the Hub’s Winter Follies. KC has also been produced and/or commissioned numerous times by Trinity College, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), and the Matthew House (Urbana, IL), a nonprofit organization dedicated to help children who suffer from all forms of abuse and find healing. She has taught master classes and workshops at Denver University, Bucknell University, Trinity College and Yale University, and additionally coached gymnastics and is certified as an Alexander Technique teacher.
Danielle Dugas *
received a BFA in Dance from North Carolina School of the Arts and has worked with companies in NYC such as Ivy Baldwin Dance, Dixie Fun Dance Theater, and Laika Dance Theater Music. While in NYC she also worked with the Trisha Brown Dance Company through their scholarship program. In Colorado, she has also performed with Cara Reeser’s Still Moving Ensemble and is a Certified Pilates instructor.
Joshua Fink *
to come ...
Danielle Hedricks *
began her ever-evolving quest for physical prowess by studying many forms of movement including gymnastics, diving, various genres of dance, and even cheerleading. She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dance and Kinesiology from CU Boulder in 1999 and has been fortunate enough to study with and in most cases, perform work by Boulder Ballet, Helander Dance Theatre, David Dorfman Dance, Gabriel Masson, Nancy Smith, Katie Elliot, Aircat Aerial Arts, Hannah Kahn Dance and Ascential Dance. Danielle teaches Aerial Dance in Boulder for Frequent Flyers and Pilates in Denver at Pilates Aligned, Inc. She is currently a performing member of 3rd Law Dance/Theatre, Frequent Flyers Productions and Evolving Doors Dance Project. She is excited to be working with kim olson /sweet edge.
Scott Kunce
has worked with Douglas Dunn and Dancers (NYC), Kim Robards Dance, the Boulder Ballet and others. He has performed work by local and national artists David Capps, Janet Gillespie, Doug Risner, Sean Curran, Joe Goode, and Gail Gilbert. He is a co-founder of Interstate Dance Collective and his work has been presented in New York, Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado. Mr. Kunce has been invited to lecture teacher at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Denver, the Colorado Ballet, and the Kim Robards Dance Company and School. He received an MFA in choreography and performance from the University of Colorado-Boulder on full Chancellor's Fellowship and has also studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Kunce is currently pursuing his degree in Osteopathic Medicine.
Patrick Mueller *
grew up in Lakewood, CO and attended Pomona College (Claremont, CA), where he studied dance, theatre, and visual arts. 2003-05 he was a member of Troika Ranch DT, and also performed with Mark Jarecke, Paige Martin, and Scott Rink. 2006-08 he was a member of Ben J. Riepe Company in Germany, and also performed with Mancopy Danse Kompagni in Denmark. He has performed throughout the United States and Europe as well as in Jordan, Palestine, and Mexico. He currently lives in Denver, where he is developing his own work and creating a choreographic center.
Jen Jones
received a BA in Dance from Washington University in St. Louis. In Colorado, she has performed and taught with Kim Robards Dance, Cara Reeser, Bryan Meeks and Chris Harris, Frequent Flyer Pro., Robert Moses, and David Dorfman Dance. She is a founding member of MA Dance and has presented work thru the Mariposa Collective of Boulder, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual “Erotica/Exotica” Benefit, and numerous other venues and festivals through out Colorado as well as at the infamous “Burning Man”. She is a Certified Message Therapist, dance instructor for children at the Gilpin County Recreation Center, and has also performed with Alli Smith’s Nosilla Dance Group of Boulder.
Lynda White *
is the co-director of To & Fro Productions, a multi-media performance company, along with composer/musician Greg Harris. She has been dancing with kim olson/sweet edge for three years and has loved every single movement. Lynda has danced in the work of Gabe Masson, Bebe Miller, Joe Goode, Michelle Ellsworth, David Capps, Onye Ozuzu, Taryn Packheiser, Naomi Pressman and Michelle Nance. She has been a member of 3rd Law Dance Theatre, Helander Dance Theatre, Separation Anxiety Collective and the Mercurial Collective. She has performed and taught in Costa Rica, Ireland, England, and Scotland and all over the states. Her alter ego Peggy Tulane performs burlesque in a variety of vaudeville shows in Denver and Boulder, Colorado.
* Currently involoved in thin WATER blue ICE
photos: James Glader/ small left: Matthew Weirner
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