X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Eva Evdokimova


Eva Evdokimova

The last dance created for her (by choreographer Henning Rübsam) in 2002, prompted New York Times critic Jennifer Dunning to comment, "Both the solo and her performance were celebrations of the kind of artistry that comes only with maturity and experience."

The first American to do so, Evdokimova won the Varna International Ballet Competition in 1970, having been snubbed earlier that year in a Moscow competition.

After her performing career, she was ballet mistress at the Boston Ballet and judged numerous international ballet competitions.

Throughout her career, she danced with numerous other companies, including the Kirov Ballet, where she was coached by Natalia Dudinskaya, the American Ballet Theatre, and the Paris Opera Ballet.


Kelvin Coe

Coe performed with many international female artists including Carla Fracci, Valentina Koslova and Galina Samsova, Maina Gielgud, Eva Evdokimova, Elisabetta Terabust and Margot Fonteyn.


see also