Oihana is a choreographer and dancer from the Basque Country. She has performed for various dance makers and companies, such as, Simona Bertozzi, Olatz de Andres, Iker Arrue, Joe Moran, Blanca Arrieta, Rick Nodine, Didy Veldman, Cia La Intrusa and Richard Alston. As a choreographer her work has been performed in BAD Festival Bilbao, Baratza Aretoa Gasteiz, Agitart Festival, Le Temps d’Aimer Festival, Tabakalera Donostia, Robin Howard Theatre and Conde Duque Madrid amongst others. She studied at the London Contemporary Dance School, graduating with a first class BA(Hons) and MA in contemporary dance.
Performance work
OLATZ DE ANDRES Hacer Tiempo (2021-2022)
NODE Arachno (2022)
LA INTRUSA Prusik Donostia (2021)
IKER ARRUE En Picado (2021)
SIMONA BERTOZZI Joie de vivre (2018-2019) Tra le line (2020)
GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA Rusalka (2019)
JOE MORAN Before We Are Dead (2018- 2019)
BLANCA ARRIETA Despacio. Una serie de aproximaciones sucesivas (2018)
MYRIAM PEREZ CAZABON Hiru (2021) Nere azalean arrotz (2017) Iceberg (2019)
UMANOOVE The Knot (2017-2018)
RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY (2012-2017)
Works
Altzoan altzoan esaten dit / Bragas y Celine (2021)
Leiho zikin, zeru garbi (2020)
Elkarrizketan / About a common place (2019)
Motivaction (2017)
Calle Leganitos (2016)
Dance studies
BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance at The Place, London Contemporary Dance School
MA in Choreography at The Place, London Contemporary Dance School
Achievements
Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid. Finalist work with Motivaction (2017)
Dancing Times Magazine. Dancer of the month (2015)
The Observer. Top 5 Dance by Luke Jennings (2013)
Charlotte Kirkpatrick Award. The Place (2011)
Concours International de Danse Contemporaine. 1st place. Biarritz (2010)
Scholarship from Diputación Foral de Guipuzcoa for dance studies abroad (2009-2010)