Brooke Evans - Artistic Director
Opus Performing Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Brooke Evans as Artistic Director of its Dance School. In addition to her experience and formal training in ballet, Ms. Evans is a founding member of Bellingham Repertory Dance. She has been an instructor at Opus since its opening in September 2014.
“I’m very excited about this opportunity to lead the artistic direction of the dance program at Opus,” said Ms. Evans. “Opus is a special place where students have a unique opportunity to learn in an environment that stresses quality instruction. Our primary focus is to build a strong foundation of technique needed for the young dancers in the Bellingham community and I am honored to be a part of it."
As artistic director, Ms. Evans is responsible for the dance course catalog and curriculum at Opus, as well as management of performance schedules.
Ms. Evans started studying ballet at the age of three in her hometown of Santa Fe, NM. Her dance education includes notable instructors such as Rex Bickmore and Daniel Catanach of Prince Ballet, Zola Dishong and Richard Cammack of The Contra Costa Ballet and under full scholarship with Gisela Genschow of The Santa Fe Aspen Ballet. Summers spent in New York City included classes from Zvi Gotheiner, Jack Hertzog, and Graciela Kozak, among others.
Ms. Evans has had the privilege of performing the works of many distinguished choreographers including Mark Haim, Wade Madsen and Colleen Mulvihill, and the solo choreographic works of Joshua Beamish, Alan Good and Mary Sheldon Scott. Currently, Ms. Evans dances with Bellingham Repertory Dance and has been part of the company since its inception in 2005, performing in over 20 different choreographic works. She is a regular ballet and modern guest teacher in the dance program at WWU.
“I’m very excited about this opportunity to lead the artistic direction of the dance program at Opus,” said Ms. Evans. “Opus is a special place where students have a unique opportunity to learn in an environment that stresses quality instruction. Our primary focus is to build a strong foundation of technique needed for the young dancers in the Bellingham community and I am honored to be a part of it."
As artistic director, Ms. Evans is responsible for the dance course catalog and curriculum at Opus, as well as management of performance schedules.
Ms. Evans started studying ballet at the age of three in her hometown of Santa Fe, NM. Her dance education includes notable instructors such as Rex Bickmore and Daniel Catanach of Prince Ballet, Zola Dishong and Richard Cammack of The Contra Costa Ballet and under full scholarship with Gisela Genschow of The Santa Fe Aspen Ballet. Summers spent in New York City included classes from Zvi Gotheiner, Jack Hertzog, and Graciela Kozak, among others.
Ms. Evans has had the privilege of performing the works of many distinguished choreographers including Mark Haim, Wade Madsen and Colleen Mulvihill, and the solo choreographic works of Joshua Beamish, Alan Good and Mary Sheldon Scott. Currently, Ms. Evans dances with Bellingham Repertory Dance and has been part of the company since its inception in 2005, performing in over 20 different choreographic works. She is a regular ballet and modern guest teacher in the dance program at WWU.
Photo by Wayne Hagen
