Bill Evans

Visiting Professor and Guest Artist

Phone: (585) 395-2413

Bill Evans was artistic director of the Bill Evans Dance Company (based in Seattle and Albuquerque) for 30 years. BEDC performed in all 50 states and was the most-booked company in the country for several years under the Dance Touring and Artist-in-the-Schools Programs of the National Endowment for the Arts. He founded the Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble in 1992. He was formerly Artistic Coordinator of Utah's Repertory Dance Theatre and Artistic Director of Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous fellowships and grants from the NEA as well as state, regional and private arts agencies. He received the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and two Bravo Awards from the Albuquerque Arts Alliance for Excellence in Dance. He earned an MFA from the U. of Utah and is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst. He is Professor Emeritus at the U. of New Mexico, Permanent Guest Artist in the Professional Program of Winnipeg's School of Contemporary Dancers and Artistic Director of the annual Bill Evans Dance Intensives and Evans Technique Certification Program at Centrum, Port Townsend, WA. He teaches Evans Modern Dance Technique and Repertory, Rhythm Tap, Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals, Dance Conditioning/Applied Kinesiology, Improvisation, Choreography and Dance Pedagogy. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Dance Education Organization and produced the 2003 NDEO Conference in Albuquerque. He was featured in the October, 2003 issue of Dance Magazine.

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