Olta Ahmetaj

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Olta Ahmetaj
Born (1987-02-23) February 23, 1987 (age 37)
Tirana, Albania
NationalityAlbanian
Occupation Dancer /Choreographer
Years active1994 - Present
PartnerFabian Basha
Children2

Olta Ahmetaj (born 23 February 1987) is an Albanian choreographer and dancer born in Tirana on February 23, 1987. She started her dancing career in her childhood. She is also the founder of "Olta Dance Studio". [1]

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Early life

Ahmetaj was born in an Albanian family in Tirane on 23 February 1987. She started dancing for the first time in few curses in 1994, which they give her access in to big stages in the years to come. Later on she studied at the National Ballet school in Tirana and graduated as a dancer in the year of 2006. [2]

She continued to dance on stage and also complete her studies at University of Arts.

From here she continued dancing and create choreographies for various TV shows, concerts and videoclips. At 2011 she open her own personal studio dancing, Olta Dance Studio going on still. [2] [1]

Personal life

Olta and Fabian have been together for years, and they have two kids together twins, Tristan Basha and Liam Basha, born in 2013. They created a family, but they did not get officially married. [3] [4]

According to Ahmetaj, the choice to have a child before marriage was motivated by her desire to start a family, and it was not initially intended as a permanent arrangement. Over time, this decision evolved into what they describe as a matter of negligence. [5] [6]

Career

Ahmetaj started working on TV since her highschool years and was part of the TvKlan dance crew. [7]

She also started to work as a choreograher for Miss globe international. [8]

She appeared in the show "Miss Albania" as a choreographer since 2010. [9] [10] [11]

Ahmetaj become a part of the "Dancing with the stars" [12] [7] as a dancer and choreographer since the first edition in 2010 except 4th edition. [13]

She has completed her private course in contemporary dance, where she is certified to create and dance professionally. [14] [9]

In 2011, Ahmetaj appeared in Albanian Clip Nights. [15]

She has also been collaborating and participating as a choreographer in Netet e Clipit Shqipetare for years but in the 2024 she was part of the judges of this Gala.

In May 2024, she also appeared in a TV show named "Live from Tirana" as a guest. [16]

Going on she had a lot of collaborations with a lot of artists and singers for music videos or festival appearances as part of song performances both as a dancer and as a choreograher. [9]

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