Born in Geneva his family is originally from Poschiavo (Graubünden-Switzerland). Olza moved to Basle in 1996. He has studied at the Scuola Teatro Dimitri in Verscio and Mudra (school of Maurice Béjart) in Brussels. Since 1979 his experimental work on stage has shown a close affinity with the dramatic theatre tradition and the circus arts. Maurice Béjart engaged him to work with the Ballet du XXème siècle in Brussels. He then pursued a wide variety of artistic interests working around the world as dancer, acrobat, actor, director and choreographer. He played the leading role in the film "Nejvetsi z pierotu" directed by the Czech director Ivan Balada. 1998 saw Olza's production "Madame Monsieur", a dance-music project in which the architecture of the respective venue plays a key role. First produced at the Swiss Institute in Rome, it was then adapted and developed for various of the European cities of the culture in the Year 2000. Received a Prize "Förderbeitrag-Tanz" from the canton of Basel-Landschaft in 2003. He created "Contact - première étape", at the invitation of the Festival d’Avignon in 2004. "Contact" was further developed at the Centre national de la danse in Paris/Pantin, and became the evening long production that is now "VOILÀ !". Philippe Olza and Larrio Ekson are the actors of "De Didi à Gogo", the production of Olivier Chanut. "VOILÀ !" goes on tour in 2006 : Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Japan. in 2007, Olza works as well with Compagnie Drift for the production "Unkaputtbar" (on tour : Poland, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Croatia and Serbia). Currently, new creation in co-production with Seoul Ballet Theatre. Rehearsals and performances take place both in South Korea and Switzerland. "GDEO" will have a Swiss premiere in Basel (27th. May 2008 at Theater Roxy Birsfelden). A tour will follow in Switzerland as well in other European cities.