OR Works / Olga Rabetskaya

Olga Rabetskaya (she/her) is a New York–based dancer, choreographer, director, and photographer originally from Belarus. She was a soloist in the Contemporary dance troupe of the State Youth Theater of Belarus from 2014 to 2019 and has worked with various choreographers across US and Europe. Her dance works and dance films have been presented at international festivals in the United States, Germany, Poland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Portugal, China, Brazil, Bolivia, and Belarus. She has been awarded residencies at the Watermill Center, Adams Theater, Ardsley Residency, Monira Foundation, The Cell Theater, School of Visual Arts, Gallim Moving Women, El Camp, Fellowship at SMUSH Gallery in Jersey City, Kunstraum and Residence for Young Choreographers in Moscow. Olga is currently getting her MFA in Dance at the University of Michigan. She is the founder of OR Works.

OR Works creates emotionally driven, multidisciplinary projects grounded in the belief that the body is a source of intelligence and wisdom and an archive of human experiences. Through instinct-led, rigorous practice and strong attention to visual and cinematic form, the company of multi-cultural collaborators transforms emotion into embodied action that cultivates empathy and human connection.

OR Works creates at a moment when collective humanity faces a profound choice: whether to build structures that support our highest visions, or allow them to calcify imagination, sensitivity, and care. Through work that engages trauma, loss, resilience, and transformation, the company seeks to bring out the better parts of the humanity.

OR Works has presented work at various venues including The Watermill Center, MASS MoCA, Mark Morris Dance Theater, Alvin Ailey Theater, Adams Theater, The Tank, Dixon place, The Cell Theater, Catskills Arts Space, Houston State University, University of Michigan (USA) and ACUD Theater (Germany) and many more throughout Europe and USA.