Nancy Evans Doede studied and danced for modern dance pioneer, Hanya Holm, and then danced with the Nancy Hauser Dance Company under the direction of Nancy McKnight Hauser. She also taught and choreographed while with the company, and her choreography was included in the Hauser Company repertory. She conducted the pilot program for the Minneapolis performing arts high school and maintained her own dance company while in Minnesota. Nancy was an original member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, where she was an actress and the company’s first female director. In Los Angeles, Nancy was an assistant director at the Taper, Too, and a directing intern at the Mark Taper Forum New Works Festival. She was a producer of the Children of the World Project which received a Grammy nomination in 1985. She also was Managing Director, producer, director and actress with the Actors’ Company, as well as a founding member of Outpost Theatre Ensemble where she also wrote and produced her own plays. Additionally, Nancy studied dance with Murray Louis, Alwin Nikolais, Gladys Bailin, Daniel Nagrin, Billy Siegenfeld and Valda Setterfield. She graduated with honors from Illinois State University, with a degree in Acting/Directing. Nancy has been commissioned as both a master teacher and choreographer by various studios and companies nationally and internationally, and her choreography has been included in the Los Angeles Dance Invitational, TriArt Festival, MixMatch Festival, Pasadena Dance Festival, SpectorDance Choreographer’s Showcase, AdaptFest Santa Barbara, Rubans Rouges Awakenings and Beginnings, and others. Nancy’s teaching includes being a member of both dance and theatre faculty at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, head of dance faculty at La Salle Preparatory High School, and master teacher of modern dance technique, improvisation and dance composition classes at the Hamburg Ballet School in Germany, National High School Dance Festival in Miami, FL, Pasadena Dance Festival, Moorpark College, and others. She launched Nancy Evans Dance Theatre in June of 2010, and the company has been performing steadily since. NEDT blends Nancy’s passion for dance with that of theatre, as well as creating an environment with her dancers where creative voices are explored and encouraged, resulting in a unique company of artists who not only dance and act, but also choreograph. NEDT has annually produced WORKS, and FRIENDS/FAMILY/DANCE/FESTIVAL, which is an an effort to support the dance community locally and nationally. The company has performed in many festivals and as guests with other companies. For more information, visit our website at nancyevansdancetheatre.com, or our Facebook page.