OM Festival – Olga Karmansky
OM Festival – Olga Karmansky is a contortionist and flexibility, handstand and contortion instructor, teaching worldwide. In the last 18 years of instruction she has developed her methodology to improve the flexibility of yoga teachers, ballet dancers, acrobats, athletes, as well as beginners of all levels. Olga began to form her advanced but egalitarian training philosophy while living and training with the Russian Olympic team, and believes her students will achieve extreme results regardless of age, previous injury or level of experience. Olga is a US Champion and two-time Pan American Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics. Official Olympic Alternate Athens, Greece. She holds a B.S. in Applied Psychology from New York University. Olga appeared as an aerialist and contortionist in 20th Century Fox’s The Greatest Showman (Starring Hugh Jackman). Performance highlights include Original Cast Broadway revival of PIPPIN, Panic at the Disco Tour (MTV Music Video of The Year). She currently resides in l Utica, NY teaching flexibility online, traveling to teach in-person workshops.