https://evastonedance.com/work daily 0.75 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724784961670-PFYJGJTXCVQ64BIGEUTI/image-asset.jpg Work - F O I L (2019) F O I L (excerpt) performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet (with permission) and filmed August 2020. (Full work viewing offered upon request.) The world premier of F O I L in PNB’s Locally Sourced was presentedon November 8, 2019 at McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA. F O I L uses sensitivity and detail as of method of exploring a house in which each room reveals its secrets. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Amiya Brown Costume Design: Melanie Burgess Music: Fanny Mendelssohn, Nadia Boulanger, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Clara Schumann, Franziska Lebrun Dancers: Company dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724784961670-PFYJGJTXCVQ64BIGEUTI/image-asset.jpg Work - F O I L (2019) F O I L (excerpt) performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet (with permission) and filmed August 2020. (Full work viewing offered upon request.) The world premier of F O I L in PNB’s Locally Sourced was presentedon November 8, 2019 at McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA. F O I L uses sensitivity and detail as of method of exploring a house in which each room reveals its secrets. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Amiya Brown Costume Design: Melanie Burgess Music: Fanny Mendelssohn, Nadia Boulanger, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Clara Schumann, Franziska Lebrun Dancers: Company dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1758843766106-P3VZ6ZNOC9EEVKUR0EM5/image-asset.jpg Work - cavalier (2025) A solo created for retiring Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Miles Pertl. World premier on June8, 2025 at McCaw Hall, Seattle. Choreography: Eva Stone Music: Alessandro Alessandroni, Moon Dog, Margaret Leng Tan Lighting: Reed Nakayama Dancer: Miles Pertl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1738271559390-LHNSFJ5HHHKTX9CYSGJN/image-asset.jpg Work - Keep Me in Mind (2024) Keep Me in Mind is a work set to the music of Peggy Lee and toys with the stereotypes and tropes of seduction. Playful, light, funny, touching, and heartbreaking, this work takes the viewer on a journey of love, lust, and companionship. Choreography: Eva Stone Music: Peggy Lee Costumes: Doris Black Performed by the dancers of Olympic Ballet Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724784859562-36AK1NF0EKPORYJK51JV/image-asset.jpg Work - Semi-permanent (2019) Semi-permanent addresses the challenges of coping with imposter syndrome and offers a personal examination of its effects. This work was created for The Stone Dance Collective and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work in Bellevue, WA on February 16, 2019. Choreography: Eva Stone. Lighting: Dominc Iacono Music: Frederick George Charrosin, Tom Waits Dancers: Lorraine Constantine, Julia James, Sarah Poppe, and Emilee Putsche, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1730764369649-IN9YE8BWIKHLVNGYO1Q6/image-asset.jpg Work - O Dear Blossom (Film version) O Dear Blossom follows a shopgirl at Sheridan's Department store who finds love in the most unexpected way. Premiered October 2022 and was an official selection at the Idaho Screendance Festival in 2024. Concept and Choreography by Eva Stone Music by Blossom Dearie (with permission) Produced by Ashely Parov Filmed by Scott Cook and Brooke Miller Performed by BYU Theatre Ballet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1701739095598-0DHETBV6K1HQUG6ZX6MY/image-asset.png Work - Shouting at the Merits of Whispering (2023) Presented at University of North Carolina School of the Arts/Choreographic Residency, July 2023. This piece examines why humans choose to follow and believe in hate and prejudice and is inspired by lessons from the Holocaust. Choreography: Eva Stone Music: Philip Glass/Third Coast Percussion Dancers: Students of UNCSA Summer Intensive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724784253730-ROS63I2XBMWJF93NIS3U/image-asset.jpg Work - Shahar...According to Plan (2018) "Shahar...(According to Plan) Performed at Regional Dance America/Pacific Dance Festival in Spokane,WA. 2018. Inspired by the life and death of Jacqueline Morgenstern in 1945 in the Holocaust. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Bill Kickbush Music: John Cage, Gavin Bryars, Damaso Perez Prado Performed by: Pacific Northwest Ballet Professional Division https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724786527928-OJ5BYPRI1EWACGC2XY1U/image-asset.jpeg Work - Me Over You (2024) Me Over You is a contemporary feminist response to the classical ballet Pas de Quatre. This piece was originally created for the Stone Dance Collective in 2008 and performed here at the Women Choreographers of the PNW Dance Festival in March 2024, Portland, OR. Choreography: Eva Stone Music: Cesare Pugni Dancers: Trinity Isidore, Sophie Powell, Shayne Solomon, Alison Walters https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/5abf0a1188251bcf7a0d4086/5abf0a2ef950b77ed2341e12/1724782107103/ Work - A Series of Lies That Tell the Truth (2018) A Series of Lies That Tell The Truth examines the nature and structure of lies and untruths. Some are passed on in error, others with intent. We look to the culpability of the speaker and the dividing lines these words create within our lives and internal/external spaces. A Series of Lies That Tell The Truth was created for The Stone Dance Collective and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work in Bellevue, WA on February 17, 2018. Choreography: Eva Stone in collaboration with the dancers Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono Music: Avi Belleli; The Ink Spots Performed by: Valerie Grabill, Julia James, Molly Levy, Sarah Poppe, and Emilee Putsche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724784481930-1OJ1BEK7FE3WKKZ8SWCR/image-asset.jpeg Work - End Of A Year (2017) End of A Year premiered in 2010 and was performed by the students of The School of Spectrum Dance Theater. The work was restaged and performed in 2017 by Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Choreography: Eva Stone Music: Luigi Boccherini Dancers: Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724781777747-2EFEUHOSYZY8L61YEVXP/image-asset.jpg Work - Careless/Ruthless (2018) Careless/Ruthless explores the similarities between two seeming antonyms - how these two words, careless and ruthless, share a common denominator. The work was commissioned for Spotlight on Contemporary Ballet, part of the Seattle International Dance Festival, and premiered in June 2018. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Meg Fox Music: Ezio Bosso; John Cage; Forest Swords Dancers: Kyle Davis, Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan, Christian Poppe, and Angelica Generosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1522470028243-W3JO0VYCJ4KALZHX0WOK/image-asset.jpeg Work - Carbon Black and Fiber (2016) Carbon Black and Fiber is an homage to the dying art of the handwritten letter. The work was created for The Stone Dance Collective and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work in Bellevue, WA on February 13, 2016. Choreography: Eva Stone in collaboration with the dancers Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono Music: Matmos; Lauren Mullen and Caroline Bergvall Dancers: Emilee Putsche, Kelly Hui, Tanya Bendis, Kim Holloway, Alexandra Beatty Spencer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724785425091-6ZURKHY4496TAFOXEGCN/image-asset.jpg Work - A Series of Lies That Tell the Truth (2018) A Series of Lies That Tell The Truth examines the nature and structure of lies and untruths. Some are passed on in error, others with intent. We look to the culpability of the speaker and the dividing lines these words create within our lives and internal/external spaces. A Series of Lies That Tell The Truth was created for The Stone Dance Collective and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work in Bellevue, WA on February 17, 2018. Choreography: Eva Stone in collaboration with the dancers Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono Music: Avi Belleli; The Ink Spots Performed by: Valerie Grabill, Julia James, Molly Levy, Sarah Poppe, and Emilee Putsche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543122131895-ZN7MXZH7LVLHNM6S9KV1/image-asset.jpeg Work - You Sleep Like You've Never Sinned (2017) You Sleep Like You’ve Never Sinned was commissioned by Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Art Museum, and premiered on August 30, 2017 at the Olympic Sculpture Park as part of the Sculptured Dance program. Choreography: Eva Stone in collaboration with the dancers Music: Jyun Jyun Dancers: Au Collective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543119996050-X008DYT4NHSDXAUT18OV/image-asset.jpeg Work - Set Theory (2013) Set Theory physicalizes the mathematical concepts of the unordered collection of objects and elements. Set Theory was commissioned by Mid-Columbia Ballet (Richland, WA) and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work on February 16, 2013. Choreography: Georg Cantor (Eva Stone) Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono Music: Hauschka Dancers: Mid-Columbia Ballet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543120575302-LTNVPNGCVYJ9X8CM2C50/image-asset.jpeg Work - A Way To See Where Other Things Are (2015) A Way to See Where Other Things Are was created for The Stone Dance Collective and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work on February 14, 2015. It was later restaged and performed by South Bay Ballet. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Amiya Pennebaker-Brown Music: Arcangelo Corelli Dancers: South Bay Ballet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543119630956-X7CIDNDL1PMC8KCQC8M6/image-asset.jpeg Work - You may want to adjust your dress... (2014) You may want to adjust your dress… is a commentary on both female empowerment and the disintegration of feminine constructs. You may want to adjust your dress… was created for The Stone Dance Collective premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work on February 15, 2014. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Amiya Pennebaker-Brown Music: Found text from American television Dancers: Kelly Hui, Sarah Poppe, Chloe Goolsby, Madison Bristol, Amanda Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1724784663613-9C4FLCKB61VMJLUSZ05L/image-asset.jpg Work - Stick Figures (2010) Stick Figures deconstructs the concept of love, down to its basic form between two people. The work exists in that intimate atmosphere. Stick Figures was created for The Stone Dance Collective and premiered at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work on February 13, 2010. The work was later restaged and presented by South Bay Ballet. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono Music: Georg Philipp Telemann Dancers: Emilee Putsche, Samuel Kolodezh, Kelly Hui, Fiona Kuipers, Morgan Houghton, Lizzy Melton, Danielle Chan, Jennifer Baxter, Amanda Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543121594388-3J3L3IZQRQ14QBV9027O/image-asset.jpeg Work - Difficult Beauty (2008) Difficult Beauty originally premiered in 1998 at Washington Academy of Performing Arts, and has been restaged multiple times by various dance companies in the years since its debut. This iteration was performed by The Stone Dance Collective at the inaugural CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work festival in 2008. Choreography: Eva Stone Lighting Design: Dominic Iacono Music: Tchaikovsky; Laurindo Almeida, Martin Ruderman, and Salli Terri Dancers: Emilee Putsche, Kelly Hui, Lizzy Melton, Kira Tassin, Halka Herd https://evastonedance.com/performances daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543132534813-LPV696037Q33TDS7XLRK/DanceAgainstCancer-123.jpg Upcoming Performances https://evastonedance.com/performances/2023/12/1/debuts-at-olympic-ballet-theatre monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2023/4/8/bold-eugene-ballet monthly 0.5 2023-02-27 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2021/11/10/ballet-theatre-at-brigham-young-university monthly 0.5 2021-11-10 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2021/7/5/national-choreographers-initiative monthly 0.5 2021-05-26 https://evastonedance.com/performances/chopshopdance monthly 0.5 2021-05-26 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2020/10/7/kh4dhitedcwc9kcftm1og5n7gb3gcn monthly 0.5 2021-05-26 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2020/2/15/chop-shop-bodies-of-work-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-05-26 https://evastonedance.com/performances/tinynutcracker monthly 0.5 2018-12-12 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2019/2/16/chop-shop-bodies-of-work-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-05-22 https://evastonedance.com/performances/2018/4/10/regional-dance-america-pacific-festival monthly 0.5 2018-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1522469234538-Y3V4FFV26WRCCIZV158W/SDC+CHOP+SHOP+18.jpg Upcoming Performances - Regional Dance America Pacific Festival Photo by Bret Doss. https://evastonedance.com/under-construction daily 0.75 2018-04-14 https://evastonedance.com/bio daily 0.75 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551239978058-NJCLKYKL8MSZFSEMEEQS/Stone+Eva++LT+copy.jpeg Bio Photo by Lindsay Thomas https://evastonedance.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543132703569-QZ4H1ETNGUKXBFCT1CIW/Shahar+%28SBB%29.jpg Contact https://evastonedance.com/home daily 1.0 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1543117221301-UPLFXQ15LJ13D7IT3F90/04_StoneDance.JPG Home https://evastonedance.com/press daily 0.75 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551152324364-0KR5CNU17FV3PQLNPRQV/Poppe.jpg Press https://evastonedance.com/gallery daily 0.75 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1602036400419-9U06ZMHD7F5Q0YLWP6FX/FOIL2 Gallery F O I L. Performed by the dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, November 2019. Photo by Angela Sterling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551154410089-5CSZJURCRM9Y3KC4GBDS/SemiP3.jpg Gallery Semi-permanent. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2019. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551154270112-JSFRF8U54NDBJJWJ2GV2/Luna+for+Venus.jpg Gallery Luna for Venus. Presented at McCaw Hall for the Pacific Northwest Ballet School Annual Performance, June 2018. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551240447122-AY47ITMUQLOFJMK43P5S/Carbon2.jpeg Gallery Carbon Black and Fiber. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2016. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551240529070-KU3WMMWWD85R7Q8OPFB3/Atlantic+2.jpg Gallery Atlantic. Presented at McCaw Hall for the Pacific Northwest Ballet School Annual Performance, June 2017. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1552877767351-E3TPDFWO35FJMD9HQQ64/Eve1.jpg Gallery Eve, reconsidered. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2013. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1602036804117-1VVMFY8TY155RE3JYD10/FOIL3 Gallery F O I L. Performed by the dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, November 2019. Photo by Angela Sterling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1552877972411-6LJ96PJN4MX2LBTOGEHS/Eve3.jpg Gallery Eve, reconsidered. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2013. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1552878104342-76PAYG41F0DC1GBP7Q9G/See2.jpg Gallery A way to see where other things are. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2014. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1611095237997-H2THPS6TV1LOCXPM23XK/Root+Collective+05.jpg Gallery Violet crumble - A film collaboration with dancer/choreographer Simone Elliott and cinematographer Péter Dániel Matkaicsek. Premiered at CHOP SHOP Virtual Dance Festival, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551154033557-T61YK72YKF6J9G0I9QT8/Atlantic1.jpg Gallery Atlantic. Presented at McCaw Hall for the Pacific Northwest Ballet School Annual Performance, June 2017. 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Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2019. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1552877838818-Q2HU4HQ8ENVDTJBIZFIA/Eve2.jpg Gallery Eve, reconsidered. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2013. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1552877655682-63SG1JW12XO5VRSFYAHT/Pinata1.jpg Gallery Pinata. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2011. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1551154433664-TEAXD57IC407AHECDH3H/SemiP3.jpg Gallery Semi-permanent. Performed by The Stone Dance Collective and presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work 2019. Photo by Rex Tranter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abefe9c365f02a96b7dbb7f/1602036254514-7XOX7AVUAHVJ611OCR1G/FOIL1 Gallery F O I L. 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