‘Dance is the most flexible way of communication we can articulate. A dialogue without words that is able to express it all.’
Roberto Olivan
Founder and Artistic Director
Director and founder of R.O.P.A. – Roberto Olivan Performing Arts and the Festival Deltebre Dansa, international event celebrated annually since 2004. He trained at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. He has danced under the direction of renowned directors such as Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Robert Wilson, Tom Jansen and Josse de Pauw. In recent years, he has been teaching at workshops all over the world and he has worked as a choreographer and performer in the film industry. He has been the artistic director of important cultural events and on the jury at dance competitions. Olivan has also participated in dance sectoral meetings held by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia and he is a member of the Advisory Council for Culture in Terres de l’Ebre region. His career has been recognised all over the world. He has received the following awards: Premi Nacional de Cultura 2014 (Catalonia, Spain), Ciutat de Barcelona 2013 (Catalonia, Spain), Sebastià Gasch FAD Awards Of Paratheatrical Arts 2012 (Catalonia, Spain), Prix SACD de la Création Chorégraphique 2001 from the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Belgium) as well as several other prize nominations.
