Evita Zacharioglou

Evita Zacharioglou is a Greek-Cypriot dancer. Her ballet training and professional dance career span the globe. Born in Australia, she was raised in several countries across continents including Cyprus, Australia, Israel, and Germany. Evita completed her Royal Academy of Dance examinations in Classical Ballet with distinction. In Cyprus, Evita performed as a soloist with the Lefkosia Youth Ballet and won a senior prize scholarship at the Pancyprian Ballet Competition to study dance at The Place (London). In London, Evita earned her BA in comparative literature from Queen Mary University with honors. She then moved to New York City where she attained her MFA in dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Since then, Evita has performed with a diverse group of companies and choreographers including Crystal Pite & Kidd Pivot, Yoshito Sakuraba, Cross Move Lab, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Periapsis Music and Dance, Norbert De La Cruz III, Rohan Bhargava, Gabrielle Lamb, and many more. Evita also toured — nationally and internationally — with Russian choreographer Vladimir Varnava under Ardani Artists Management. She was in the cast of ISADORA starring Natalia Osipova and was featured alongside her in VOGUE Russia’s 20th Anniversary Issue in September 2018. In order to further her artistry and skills, Evita has also participated in workshops with NW Dance Project, Whim W’him Seattle Contemporary Dance, and multiple b12 summer workshops in Berlin. As a choreographer, she has presented work — both on stage and on film — at an array of venues including the JCC Manhattan, S.P.A.C. Productions, Spark Film Festival, Dixon Place, Nimbus Dance Works, Path New Music Theater, La MaMa and Mark Morris Dance Center. Evita joined NW Dance Project as a company member in 2022.