Born in France, Olivier Wecxsteen graduated from Princess Grace Academy of Monaco directed by Marika Besobrasova.
In 1987, he joined Les Ballets de Monte Carlo directed by Jean Yves Esquerre where he danced leading roles in ballets from Pierre Lacotte, George Balanchine, Leonid Massine, Anthony Tudor, John Neumeier, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe and Roland Petit.
In 1993, Olivier Wecxsteen joined the Boston Ballet. As Principal Dancer of the company, he danced all the leads of the repertoire. He was notably coached for Marius Petipa’s full-length ballets by Kirov (Mariinsky) ballet masters Natalia Dudinskaya, Sergei Berejnoi and Tatiana Terekhova. In 1998, he joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens where he extended his repertoire of choreographies from George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian and William Forsythe as well as creations from contemporary choreographers.
In 2003, Olivier Wecxsteen appeared as Principal Guest Artist with the San Francisco Ballet. Throughout the years, he has participated in many international galas, such as An Evening with Ballets Stars or Diamonds of World Ballet in Moscow. He has also been featured in several books such as Alberto Moretti’s L’Architettura de la Danza and eminent photographer Helmut Newton’s various publications. An acknowledged dance photographer himself, Olivier Wecxsteen is one of WearMoi’s main photographers.
In 2009, Olivier Wecxsteen joined the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet School. In 2013 he joined the English National Ballet School, where he taught for two years. Between 2015 and 2017, he taught and coached the Dutch National Trainee Program.
In 2018, Olivier Wecxsteen was appointed Associate Artistic Director of European School of Ballet (ESB) founded by Jean Yves Esquerre and, in 2021, took over the position of Artistic Director. Besides leading ESB’s Classical Trainee Program, he is in charge of the classical repertoire of the school for which he has choreographed several signature pieces.