Olivia Caldeira Holston was born in São Sebastião, Brazil and was raised in California. She is a freelance dancer, teacher, choreographer, and photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from the London Contemporary Dance School where she received her BA Honours Degree in 2019. During her studies, she had the opportunity to work with London based choreographers and artists Richard Alston, Malik Nashad-Sharpe, Sasha Roubicek, Simeon Qsyea, Scott Jennings, and Hannes Langolf. Olivia had the honor of learning and performing Merce Cunningham and Batsheva repertoire taught by former company members Jeannie Steele and Chisato Ohno.

She has also attended summer intensives at the Alvin Ailey Professional and Junior Divisions in New York, as well as P.A.R.T.S. and Eastman in Belgium. Since graduating, Olivia has had the opportunity to work with Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Garrett + Moulton Productions, David Herrera Performance Company, Kristin Damrow & Company, Fullstop Dance, Bellwether Dance Project, Jennifer Perfilio Movement Works, Kate Mitchell Creative, A Pulso Dance Project, and Rebecca Morris and Dancers. She is currently working with Paufve Dance. In addition, she choreographed and performed in the dance video project “SweetWire” directed by Greg Niemeyer at UC Berkeley, and choreographed for the College Preparatory School’s Spring Program in 2022. She has given master classes at Marin Academy and has taught in Shawl Anderson Dance Center’s youth program. She is currently teaching in ODC’s youth program and in their Hot Spot Series. In addition, she will be teaching in Shawl Anderson’s Forms+Play, every Tuesday in the month of April.