Helena has a light and happy air that makes her float, as if her feet never touch the ground. But also, at the same time, a determined, solid personality, which reinforces her professionalism and her charm. She asked me to do the portrait outside the Institut del Teatre, because it remembers her times when she was a dance student. Now she is settled in Paris, but she is sure that one day she will return to Barcelona, We talk about dance and she explains to me that, although it seems improvised, in modern dance all the movements are meticulously planned. She comments, enthusiastic, her new stage where besides dancing she is involved in the creation of choreographies.
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Helena Olmedo began her dance training at the age of nine, at the IAE Oriol Martorell, practicing classical, contemporary, traditional and Spanish dance. Later she graduated in contemporary dance at Barcelona's Conservatori de l'Institut del Teatre. In 2015 she is selected to continue her studies at the Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam. During her training she choreographed the duet Careful Who You Meet and the solo Grifo, performed at Korzo Theater, Den Hague, Schowburg Theater Rotterdam and Solo CerModern festival in Turkey.
In 2018 she travels to Israel and joins Vertigo Dance Company dancing One one & one, Leela and White Noise. Back in Europe in 2020, as a freelancer, she collaborates in the creation of projects and tour with Kor'sea on the piece Igra and participates in a new project with Robinson Cassarino, starting the creation of the solo Thick Skin presented at the Deltebre festival.
At the same time she develops a modeling career. In one of the fashion projects she meets the choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and joins the tour of the piece Nomad, participates in the new creation Vlaemsch and soon in Hanjo a collaboration with the Munich Chamber Orchestra.