Biography
Eve Chan is currently Lecturer of Ballet at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She started her ballet training at Ng Sheung Ha School of Ballet in Hong Kong. After she graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2001, she performed with the Hong Kong Ballet and took on multiple leading roles in the company’s classical and contemporary repertoires. In 2010, Eve received a full scholarship from The Hong Kong Jockey Club for her Master’s Degree at SUNY Purchase, USA, where she taught Ballet and Pointe classes at the Conservatory of Dance and Introduction to Ballet classes through the School of Arts. From 2010 to 2021, Eve was a choreographer and teaching artist based in New York. In 2013 she was appointed as the Ballet Mistress with Mystic Ballet, and from 2015 to 2021 she was the ballet mistress and resident choreographer with Connecticut Ballet, USA.
Eve started her choreographic career while she was with Hong Kong Ballet. In 2007, she was appointed as the choreographic apprentice by the former artistic director, John Meehan. Her works were commissioned for the company’s main season and education programmes. In 2009, she was invited to represent Hong Kong to choreograph for the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China performed at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Other commissions include creations for the Connecticut Ballet, Mystic Ballet, Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, etc. Her choreographic works have been presented at festivals and events in New York, Connecticut, Beijing, Hong Kong, Chile, and Germany.