Tanya Evidente
Tanya Evidente is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Performance at The Creative School. She is an instructor of classical and contemporary ballet technique and serves as a rehearsal director in the dance program.
Tanya began her dance training at the Toronto Dance Theatre and received her formal ballet training at Canada鈥檚 National Ballet School and Prodanza in Havana, Cuba. She danced professionally with national and international ballet companies; La Joven Guardia, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet Ciutat de Barcelona, Ballet J枚rgen and the National Ballet of Canada. Throughout her professional career, Tanya has performed in major classical and contemporary ballets by world renowned choreographers and has worked closely with international rehearsal r茅p茅titeurs from various parts of the world.
Tanya holds an MA in Dance from York University. Her research is centred on classical and contemporary ballet practice and theory. She has co-authored and published articles for Oxford University Press, The Dance Current Magazine and has presented in various conferences in Canada and the United States. She has served on the board of the World Dance Alliance Americas and is a member of the board of C么t茅 Danse.
- Classical and Contemporary Ballet Practice and Theory
- Technique and Performance Practice and Imagery
- Archiving, Cataloguing and Documenting Choreographic works of Canadian Ballet and Modern Choreographer James Kudelka
- James Kudelka Memoirs (a collaborative project with James Kudelka)
Evidente, Tanya and Amy Bowring (2020). 鈥淟ove, Sex and Death: James Kudelka鈥檚 Contemporary Ballets鈥� The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet , Oxford University Press (Published)
Evidente, Tanya and Pavlo Bosyy, (2017). 鈥淭he Light and The Dance鈥� Solo Exhibit Photo Work Catalogue,Kirovohrad Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Ukraine. Performance at The Creative School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Published)
Evidente, Tanya, Kelly, Evadne and Harris Walsh, Kristin. (2017). 鈥淒ancing from the Grassroots: Thoughts and provocations from the World Dance Alliance Global Summit鈥� The Dance Current Magazine (Published)
2019 鈥淧ushing Boundaries: The Influence and Legacy of James Kudelka in Canadian Dance鈥�. (Accepted) World Dance Alliance Americas 2019 General Assembly, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA
2016 鈥淒efining Contemporary Ballet: A Study of James Kudelka鈥檚 Narrative Themes, Vocabulary and Artistic Collaborations鈥�. Society of Dance History Scholars, New York University鈥檚 Center for Ballet and The Arts and Barnard College, Columbia University
2015 鈥淭he Man In Black: The Influence of Space in Dance Choreography鈥� World Dance Alliance Americas General Assembly, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA