Eva Hegge Wilder

Eva received foundational ballet training from Damara Bennett and Summer Lee Rhatigan at City Ballet School in San Francisco; and later from former Balanchine dancers Arlene Begelman, Robert Maiorano, and Maria Calegari at the Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts, where she also pursued lifelong musical interests, studying both flute and piano. During this time she was introduced to Limón technique and fell in love with modern dance. She trained supplementally at the Limón School and Paul Taylor summer intensives. Eva went on to study at the School of Contemporary Dance in Oslo, Norway; completed a B.A. in World Arts and Cultures/Dance with a minor in Musicology at UCLA; and post-graduate studies at Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Salzburg, Austria.  She danced with site-specific dance company Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre in Los Angeles for seven years, and served as rehearsal director for HDDT/NW in Portland, OR. Highlights of her freelance career include originating work with MacArthur Fellow Victoria Marks, and assisting Barak Marshall as an originating cast member in the creation of MONGER. Further artistic explorations led Eva to collaborations in improvisation, performing with Elia Mrak and Martín Piliponsky. Most recently, Eva has performed in Boulder with 3rd Law Dance/Theater and Nosilla Dance Project.

Along the way, Eva came to Pilates to heal injury, and then later the GYROTONIC® Method. Becoming certified in both methods, she has been teaching movement as a healing practice for nearly two decades. Eva currently teaches the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® methods at GYROTONIC® Bodhi and is a GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer. All of her movement teaching is informed by studies in CranioSacral Therapy.

As a teacher, Eva offers the space and skills that allow the unfurling of whole, embodied humans; setting the stage for the profound healing available in the practice of precision and discipline in movement arts.