Evans approach to training dancers to move in harmony with functional anatomy, find breath support, explore three-dimensionality and become more expressive. For dancers who have reached the intermediate level in modern/contemporary, ballet or jazz techniques.

Sunday, December 10 from 1:30-3:00 PM

Pricing: $18 for this class only, or $30 to include the preceding Somatic Lab

Bill Evans was a resident of Seattle from 1976 through 1983. He directed the Bill Evans Dance Company and School on Capital Hill. At that time, BEDCO was the fifth largest performing arts organization in the state. In September 2018 he returned to Washington, and now lives permanently in Port Townsend. He is distinguished professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico and professor emeritus at the College at Brockport, SUNY. He founded the Bill Evans Dance Company in 1975, the Bill Evans Summer Institute of Dance in 1977 and the Certification Program in Evans Dance Technique and Pedagogy in 2001. He founded the Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival in 2013 and the Evans Somatic Dance Institute in 2017. He is a CMA and CLMA and holds an honorary doctorate from Cornish College of the Arts.