Gesel Mason
July 15, 2022
Bill Evans was Artistic Director of the Bill Evans Dance Company (based in Seattle and Albuquerque) for 30 years. The Company performed in all 50 states as well as many other countries. Evans was the most-booked company in the United States for several years under the Dance Touring and Artist-in-the-Schools Programs of the National Endowment for the Arts. It is now reassembled on a project basis for performances in the Rochester area. He founded the Evans Rhythm Tap Ensemble in 1992 and performs solo tap concerts frequently throughout North America. He was formerly Artistic Coordinator, dancer and principal resident choreographer of Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre and Artistic Director and resident choreographer of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous fellowships and grants from the NEA as well as state, regional and private arts agencies. He received the National Dance Education Organization Lifetime Achievement Award, the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and two Albuquerque Arts Alliance Awards for Excellence in Dance. Visit www.billevansdance.org to find out more about his Brockport summer teachers programs or about his book, “Reminiscences of a Dancing Man,” published by NDA in 2005.