Eva Walden

Eva Walden began her ballet training at Metropolitan Ballet Academy in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania under Lisa Collins Vidnovic. She then moved to Pittsfield, Maine to study under Natalya Getman at Bossov Ballet Theatre where she danced lead and soloist roles in full length ballets such as the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, & Giselle. Eva spent her summers attending intensives at Houston Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, and at Charlotte Ballet. In 2019 Eva joined Charlotte Ballet as a trainee where she had the honor of training under Patricia McBride, Laszlo Berdo, and Kati Hanlon Mayo. There Eva performed featured roles in George Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations, Who Cares?, and Raymonda Variations. In addition, Eva also performed with Charlotte Ballet’s main company in Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s Nutcracker and in Matthew Hart’s world premiere of Sleeping Beauty.

Eva joined Portland Ballet during the 2022/2023 season, and since then Eva has performed roles such as a Friend in Giselle, The Sugar Plum Fairy in A Victorian Nutcracker, and as a Huntress in Nell Shimpan’s Sylvia. Eva is also a faculty member with the Portland School of Ballet and teaches in both the Preparatory Division and in the Junior Division. Eva is looking forward to returning to Portland Ballet as a company member for the 2023/2024 season!