Oliver Koomsatira

Dancer
I Dream in Wampum

Oliver performed over 1,400 times in 250 dance, theatre, film, and TV productions. He reached 10 million audience members across Canada, the US, and Europe. Recipient of The Elsa Bolam Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement by an Emerging Theatre Artist, and MyTheatre’s Outstanding Ensemble Award for Factory Theatre’s Banana Boys, he’s had the opportunity to dance for various companies and choreographers such as PPS Danse (Bagne re-creation), George Stamos (Agora de la danse), Sursaut Dance (Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur), Ballet Ouest (Nutcracker), Willi Dorner (FTA), Cirque du Soleil (Tapis Rouge), Dynamo Theatre/YPT (Me Me Me), in 4 touring productions for Fleuve-Espace Danse (La Rotonde/Quartiers Danses) and 3 productions for A’nó:wara Dance Theatre. Oliver has also received 3 Montreal English Theatre Awards nominations for his solo Psycho 6 : Outstanding Lead Performance (PACT Production), Outstanding New Text and Outstanding Contribution to Theatre (Choreography). He was a lead performer in the video game Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey – PS4/Xbox) which sold 2 million copies worldwide. Critics have mentioned his performances to be: “Frightening but magnetic.” (Toronto Star), “fiercely physical” (Gazette), “has a scary intensity” (Globe and Mail), “the surgical Oliver Koomsatira vibrates with sexuality, strength and poise” (Dance Current).