Evann Siebens is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada while her lens-based practice negotiates the human body as an archival site and the politics of the female gaze.
16 Facts About Evann Siebens
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Evann Siebens worked as a dance cinematographer for many years and shot dancers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lucinda Childs.
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Evann Siebens is represented by Wil Aballe Art Projects in Vancouver.
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Evann Siebens studied dance at the National Ballet School of Canada and the Royal Ballet School in London, England.
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Evann Siebens danced with the National Ballet of Canada and the Bonn Ballet in Germany.
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Evann Siebens danced with contemporary dance companies Kunst-Stoff, with choreographer Yannis Adoniou, and Danzaisa, with choreographer Gabri Christa.
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Evann Siebens' work is cited and referenced in several publications, having most recently contributed to Beginning with the Seventies, 2020 and Leaning Out of Windows: An Art and Physics Collaboration, 2023.
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Evann Siebens contributed the essays 'Dancing with the Camera: The Dance Cinematographer' to Envisioning Dance on Film and Video, 2002 and 'Choreography for Camera: A Historical Perspective' to Dance on Camera: a Guide to Dance Films and Videos, 1998.
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Evann Siebens's work has been supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council for the Arts, and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting amongst others.
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Evann Siebens conceived A Lexicon of Gesture in 2019, a variable media, photo and performance piece that researched and retrieved from dance, visual and performance art histories which was initially performed for A Performance Affair in Brussels, Belgium.
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In 2019, Evann Siebens was commissioned by the City of Port Coquitlam's Street Banner Program and Capture Photography Festival to create a set of Photographic Street Banners hung in civic squares and major city throughways in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
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In 2018 Evann Siebens collaborated again with Keith Doyle to create Plus TheCo, Minus Helen Goodwin, a sculptural 20 foot metal geodesic dome, with a dancefilm in three parts at the Belkin Gallery in Vancouver.
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Evann Siebens' video documented a six minute dance film performed by choreographers James Gnam and Vanessa Goodman.
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Evann Siebens created deConstruction in 2015, a series of photos and films that capture the dismantling of the city of Vancouver.
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In 2006 Evann Siebens collaborated with Keith Doyle to create IMPROV, an installation shot on 16mm film which makes up five dance film studies that reflect an exchange between the body and the camera.
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In 1999, Evann Siebens directed Pothead, a 6 minute dance film which features choreography and performance by Yannis Adoniou.