Eva Alt is a dance artist based in New York City whose work spans various disciplines across practice, choreography, teaching, writing, new media, and performance. Her work deconstructs ballet from the inside out, asks fundamental questions about the standard boundaries of the dance world, and challenges the way audiences perceive the career of a dancer.
Dancer
2023, Huddle by Simone Forti, The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
2023, Madeline Hollander: Hydro Parade, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2014, Trainee, BalletMet, Columbus
2013, Trainee, Boston Ballet, Boston
Choreographer
2023, Solo show, director, dancer, writer, Eva Alt: Steps and Words, New York Live Arts, New York
2023, choreographer, American Ballet Theater Choreographic Incubator, New York
2021, dancer & choreographer, Storm & Resolve, performed at L’editions Gallery, Los Angeles
2021, choreographer & curator, group show, How Beautiful Everything Is Before It Gets Its Name, New York
2021, choreographer, CONNOR, a solo for Connor Holloway, New York
2021, dancer & choreographer, Continuum, a pas de deux for Desean Taber and Eva Alt, New York
2021, Ballet1 at Home films
2020, Dance Resident, ArtCake, Brooklyn
2019, Summer Solstice Gala, Storm King Arts Center, New York
Press
Teacher
“Dancers keep looking for the perfect teacher without realizing it’s all there within themselves. You teach yourself, your teacher is your guide”—Martha Graham
2018—, Founder, Ballet1 exploratory movement class for all levels, New York
Selected Writings
April 2020, Dance and Architecture: A Dancer Selects Five of the Most Inspiring Sets, PIN-UP MAGAZINE
Education
Boston Ballet, Margaret Tracey, Kathleen Mitchell
Chautauqua Institute, Patricia McBride + Jean Pierre Bonnefoux
Suzanne Farrell, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C
Pacific Northwest Ballet
School of American Ballet