is the Choreographer / Artistic Director of sweet edge. Her work has been featured throughout Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Scotland, Trinidad and the US. She is a member of the Mariposa Collective, a multi-disciplinary think tank, Think 360, where she performs national arts education outreach, and is an active collaborating artist with Avant Media.

Olson formed Sweet Edge in 2001, after performing in NYC with Randy Warshaw Dance Company, Pam Tanowitz/024, Donna Uchizono Company, and internationally with the Stephen Petronio Company.

Olson received Best Emerging Choreography, Choreographer and Female Dancer nominations at the Monaco Dance Forum Nijinsky Awards. Commissions include: Links Project, Deafinative Motion, Movement Alliance, Ballet Nouveau, Denver Art Museum, Naropa University, Iowa State University, Dance-Forms, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Aspen Eco-Fringe Festival, Aspen Dance Connection and Tanzcompagnie Giessen (TanzArt Ostwest). She teaches throughout the US and abroad.

Olson continues collaborative projects with video artist Ana Baer Carrillo. Their work is featured internationally via the San Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, and was awarded CATV’s Best Experimental Video Media Award. Olson is also in current collaboration with fashion designer Paula Hutman, and worked in recent projects with composer Randy Gibson.