 John Evans
(Workshop Director)John will be teaching:
Dance
Dance Conservatory at the following locations:
Rutgers University Bio
John Evans has been dancing and lighting dance, theater and music since 1980. After receiving a Masters Degree in Dance from Ohio State University in 1987, he moved to New York City where he danced with the Victoria Marks Performance Company for five years. He has also danced in the companies of Colin Conner, Monica Levy, Robin Becker, John Jasperse, and The Pittsburgh Dance Alloy. His choreography has been performed in New York City, regionally and internationally. He has twice been a choreographer and teacher at The Yard. He has had work commissioned by Steele Dance, Thompson & Trammel, James Madison University, University of Maryland at College Park, and Hofstra University. For The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, John choreographed productions of A Winters Tale, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Three Penny Opera. He has received grants from the Pittsburgh Dance Council and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for his design and choreography work with Squonk Opera. John directs his own company, John Evans & Dancers, and is co-artistic director of Bob & Bob Dance a male duet dance company. As a lighting designer and/or technical director/stage manager, he has worked with many notable companies and festivals. John has been a full time faculty member in the Department of Dance since 1995, where he teaches, performs, designs and creates new work.
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