Roberto Olivan’s international journey has deeply shaped his way of understanding and interpreting the world. Through the observation and study of movement, he has developed an intimate and distinctive creative universe based on works of strong physical and conceptual intensity.

After training at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and later at the P.A.R.T.S. school in Brussels, he began his professional career with the renowned Rosas company, directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, while also collaborating with creators such as Robert Wilson, Tom Jansen and Josse de Pauw. He currently directs ROPA / Roberto Olivan Performing Arts, a company founded in Brussels in 2001 through which he develops his main international creations. In 2004 he founded the Deltebre Dansa festival — today VERTEBRA DANSA — now recognised internationally as a leading platform for training and movement arts. In 2016 he also launched L’Obrador Espai de Creació, a centre dedicated to contemporary creation.

His career combines creation, performance, pedagogy and artistic direction, developing projects and workshops internationally, alongside collaborations in film, festivals and artistic research processes. Throughout his career he has received numerous national and international recognitions, including the National Culture Award 2014, the Barcelona City Award 2013, the FAD Sebastià Gasch Award for Performing Arts 2012 and the SACD Prize for Choreographic Creation 2001, among others.