About Bridge & Olive Dance
Bridge and Olive Dance was founded in 2012 by long-time collaborators Bridget Struthers and Olivia Wingerath. Bridget holds a B.A. in Dance and Philosophy from Goucher College, and an M.F.A. in Dance and New Media from New York University. She is the recipient of the GSO Interdepartmental Collaboration Grant, the NYU Dance and New Media Fellowship, a JCC Manhattan ‘Dancing at the Edge’ residency, and a space grant from Danspace at St. Mark’s Church. Olivia holds a B.A. in Dance from Muhlenberg and has been chosen to show work at ACDFA, The Lehigh Women’s Conference, and Movement Research at Judson Church. She has worked with Charles O. Anderson, tiffany Mills, Monica Bill Barnes, and was a member of Six Meters Improv Group. Bridge and Olive Dance has presented work nationally and internationally at numerous strange and unlikely stages around the world, as well as venues such as Center for Performance Research, Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, The Tank, Summit Rock, and The Jack Crystal Theater.
Mission Statement
Bridge and Olive dance is a contemporary dance duo that strives to reach new audiences through multi media productions that are humorous, thoughtful, a little outrageous and always collaborative. They bring dance into new and unlikely places and are guerrilla-esque in their approach to art. In a commitment to actively and positively contributing to their field, Bridge and Olive dance passionately engages a burgeoning community of artists in a monthly open studio series that provides a forum for emerging and mid career artists to workshop material as well as explore and express creatively through improvisation and musical collaboration.
Always striving to reach new and unsuspecting audiences, Bridge and Olive Dance revels in performing in situations where dance is not expected. Performance locations include bookstores, college campuses, rooftops, the median of Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, house parties, public parks, the Redwood Forest, and numerous bars and restaurants.