Eva L. Stone received a BFA in Performance and Choreography from Arizona State University.  After completing a Master of Arts degree in Choreography and Choreological Studies from Trinity Laban in London, England, she formed The Stone Dance Collective, a modern dance company. Eva relocated to Seattle in 1995, re-established her company, and began an extensive teaching and lecturing career throughout the Puget Sound.  She is currently on faculty at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and Spectrum Dance Theater, in addition to working as a guest instructor and commissioned choreographer with dance festivals and companies around the US. 

Eva’s approach to choreography evolved from learning the art form in reverse (choreography before technique) and is unique with its intent based in humor and authentic human connection and experience. She has created works inspired by love, imposter syndrome, the periodic table, a reimagining of Eve, contronyms, and the art of making bad decisions, to name only a few.

In November of 2019, Eva was commissioned to create a main stage work for Pacific Northwest Ballet. F O I L premiered in PNB’s rep Locally Sourced and received outstanding critical acclaim. Eva’s work has been presented at On the Boards, Men in Dance, Bumbershoot, and has been commissioned by the Seattle International Dance Festival. She has created work for Spectrum Dance Theater, Seattle Dance Project, Olympic Ballet Theatre, Eugene Ballet, Bellingham Repertory Dance, South Bay Ballet, Mid-Columbia Ballet, Ballet Theatre (BYU), Marin Ballet, Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre, and is a regular guest teaching artist for The Ballet Alliance. Eva was commissioned by Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Art Museum to choreograph for Sculptured Dance, a site-specific dance event at Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park that was attended by 4000+ viewers. Her work has premiered in New York (Lincoln Center), London (Sadler’s Wells), Geneva, Montreal, and St. Petersburg, Russia. Her other projects include assisting Donald Byrd for the Seattle Opera production of Aida and choreographing over 30 award-winning musical theatre productions.  Most recently Eva was selected as Artist in Residence for the National Choreographers Initiative at UC Irvine and granted a choreographic residency at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Eva restaged F O I L for Eugene Ballet in the spring of 2023 and will be presenting her latest work, Keep Me in Mind, for Olympic Ballet Theatre in Feb of 2024.

Eva has lectured in choreography for over 25 years. In 2018, she initiated the nationally recognized choreography program New Voices: Choreography and Process for Young Women in Dance at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. This course is designed to educate and support the next generation of female choreographers.

Since 2008, Eva has been the producer and curator of CHOP SHOP:  Bodies of Work, an annual contemporary dance festival held in Bellevue, Washington. This highly anticipated event brings the best of local, national, and international contemporary dance companies and artists together for a unique series of performances, lectures, master classes, and community outreach programs. Visit chopshopdance.org for more information.

View Eva’s resume here.