Evie Poaros

Evie started her dance education in London, before moving to Germany to continue her training. She trained in Mannheim and Frankfurt, where she graduated with a BA degree from the HfMDK Frankfurt and completed an internship with The Forsythe Company, under the direction of William Forsythe. Since starting her education, she has worked with choreographers including William Forsythe, Regina van Berkel, Marguerite Donlon, Richard Siegal and Spenser Theberge.

 

As a freelance dancer Evie has been involved in dance, theatre and interdisciplinary projects. She has worked with ensembles including Ensemble Modern, MuddyBoots Dance, Dorfproduct, Kammerphilharmonie Frankfurt and Co-Op Dance Company. As part of Co-Op Dance Company’s Zukunft Tanzt 2020 festival, Evie worked with choreographer Gal Fefferman for her work “TRY-OUT#1”. This work was further developed, of which the film “HINENI” was created and premiered in Spring 2021 with StudioNAXOS. “HINENI” has since been screened at various festivals in Berlin, Marburg, Tel Aviv and Gießen. In Summer 2021 Evie performed in Maria Kobzeva’s new contemporary dance work “Patterns of Perception” which was invited to Sommerwerft Festival and is currently part of FLUX Hessen.

 

Since 2015 Evie can be seen regularly dancing in opera productions at Oper Frankfurt, including Ted Huffman’s version of “Rinaldo”, Barrie Kosky’s production of “Carmen” and multiple productions by Claus Guth. In 2020 Evie worked at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Claus Guth and choreographer Teresa Rotemberg on a new production of Janáčeks “Jenůfa”, which unfortunately due to the Covid-19 pandemic did not make it to opening night. The production premiered in September 2021 and received an Olivier Award in 2022 for Best New Opera Production.

 

Parallel to her work as a dancer, Evie holds a Master of Science in Psychology degree from the University of Greenwich. She is specifically interested in mental health and wellbeing within the performing arts, psychosomatic pain, trauma, and developmental movement. She believes her knowledge and interest in psychology inform her artistic processes.

 

Evie recently worked with Luches Huddleston Jr. on the dance piece "INpro Out" and is currently working with Gal Fefferman on her new work "ACHSHAV".