After a career as a free-lance dancer, based in Brussels (BE), Rasmus Ölme founded the production unit REFUG in 2001 through which he produced and toured several works throughout Europe until 2008, as he moved back to Sweden and started a PhD in choreography at Uniarts (SE). Rasmus successfully defended the doctoral thesis From Model to Module in 2014 and in January 2015 he was appointed head of education at the Dance and Choreography program at the National Danish School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen. Subsequently (2019), he was appointed professor and acts today as head of program for the BFA in Dance and Choreography and the MFA in Choreography, as well as head of research. Currently he is running the research project An Indiscernible Zone, funded by the Danish Ministry of Culture, and preparing a new work for stage, premiering in February 2024. Parallel to the work as dancer and choreographer Rasmus has taught extensively throughout the world at festivals, companies, educations, and professional studios.
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