Reading Dance is an opportunity to explore the creative process of dance and film. Join choreographer Eva Stone, dancer/choreographer Simone Elliott, and videographer Péter Dániel Matkaicsek as they discuss their dance film collaboration that will be presented as part of the virtual CHOP SHOP Contemporary Dance Festival in February 2021. The artists will discuss the craft of choreography, filmmaking, and how the two work together. The lecture serves to demystify and reveal the creative process behind contemporary dance films and investigates the ways that choreographers and videographers collaborate.
Eva, Simone, and Péter will discuss the process of creating the film, explore the movement language used in the choreography, and take audience questions.
Reading Dance is open to all ages and abilities.
Virtual Event (Pacific Standard Time)
Meet the panelists
Photo by Ramin Mo
Freelance performer and choreographer, Simone Elliott was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. After fifteen consecutive seasons performing in theaters across Europe, Simone’s career has provided her the opportunity to work with well-known choreographers such as Crystal Pite, Mats Ek, Johan Inger, Nacho Duato, Jiri Kylian, Mauro Bigonzetti, Felix Landerer, Yuki Mori, Marina Mascarell, Fabien Prioville, Ihsan Rustem, Guiseppe Spota, and Stephen Thoss. She attended renowned ballet schools such as Boston Ballet, the Goh Academy in Canada, and the Tanya Pearson Academy in Australia. Simone studied at the Tanz Akademie Zürich and upon completion, accepted her first contract in Austria at Tiroler Landestheater. She then continued on to Die Theater Chemnitz, Staatstheater Nürnberg, and most recently Theater Regensburg where she also has created her own works for the company.
Péter Dániel Matkaicsek studied at the Hungarian University of Dance Arts. After his studies, he worked in various theaters around the world as a professional dancer in USA, Japan, Czech Republic and Germany. Throughout his career he had the advantage of discovering and experiencing different individuals and cultures, as well as various artistic expressions and approaches. From an early age, this exposure allowed him to develop a sense of visual and musical aesthetic that formed him and fostered his curiosity about the world. He appreciates the stimulating possibilities of visual story telling as a form of powerful artistic communication and wants others to be as moved as he is by the wonders of life and the creativity of the human mind. Péter has already created a number of movement-based visual art films—several trailers for Theater Regensburg and Unterwegstheater Heidelberg, as well as other projects for various artists around the globe.
Photo by Lindsay Thomas
Eva L. Stone has been creating dance work for over 30 years. She received a BFA in Performance and Choreography from Arizona State University. Eva performed professionally with companies in both Boston and Los Angeles. After completing a Master of Arts Degree from Trinity Laban in London, England, she formed The Stone Dance Collective. Eva relocated to Seattle, re-established her company and began an extensive teaching and lecturing career throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Eva has created commissioned works for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Spectrum Dance Theater, Seattle International Dance Festival, and numerous regional ballet companies throughout the west coast. In 2018, Eva initiated a nationally recognized choreography program “New Voices: Choreography and Process for Young Women in Dance” for the PNB school. Eva is the founder, producer and co-curator of CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work, one of the longest running contemporary dance festivals in the Seattle area.
