Month: February 2025

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.

Christopher Ralph was born and raised in Long Island, New York. He began his dance training at Holy Trinity High School where he was accepted into the theater dance program. While training at school, he simultaneously attended classes at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway with teachers such as Peter Schabel, Dorit Koppel, Frank Hatchett and Chio Yamada. In 2005, Christopher attended SUNY Purchase earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance. Christopher has performed works by Aszure Barton, Lauri Stallings, Gregory Dolbashian, Loni Landon, Doug Varone, Rebecca Lazier, Patrick Corbin and Janis Brenner. Known for his fast paced clear movement quality, Christopher has been commissioned as an emerging choreographer by DANCE IQUAIL! and recently by Dixon Place. He has performed and toured in many countries throughout his career including, Greece, Indonesia, London, Spain, Japan and China.