Ballerina. Born in Geneva, Switzerland to a Bulgarian father and an American mother, Evdokimova began her career with the Royal Danish Ballet in 1966. She joined the Berlin Opera Ballet three years later, and was promoted to prima ballerina four years later, in 1969, a position she held for twelve years.
Throughout her career, she danced with numerous other companies, including the Kirov Ballet, the American Ballet Theater, and the Paris Opera Ballet and was a frequent partner of Rudolf Nureyev.
She was the first American to win the Varna International Ballet Competition in 1970, having been snubbed earlier that year in a Moscow competition. She was awarded the charter Ulanova Prize in 2005 for "selfless dedication to the art of dance"
Having studied with Vera Volkova and Natalia Dudinskaya, Evdokimova would later become a dance teacher and coach around the world. After her performing career, she was ballet mistress at the Boston Ballet and judged numerous international ballet competitions.∼Ballerina. A versatile artist, she is remembered for her performances with the principal companies of Europe and America. Born and raised in Switzerland by her Bulgarian father and American mother, she started dancing at six and was enrolled in London's Royal Ballet School at age 10. After further training in Munich, she made her professional debut with the Royal Danish Ballet in 1966; Eva's first appearance at what was to be her best known venue, the Berlin Opera Ballet, came in 1969 and she would go on to be the reigning prima ballerina there from 1973 until 1985. Over the years she was to perform, often with Rudolf Nureyev, in numerous leading theatres including the Kirov Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, the Tokyo Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, and the American Ballet Theater. Her best known and most acclaimed role was the title character in August Bournonville's 1836 "La Sylphide", while other notable vehicles for her art included Adolphe Adam's "Giselle", Terpsichore in Ballenchine's "Apollo", and Marie Taglioni in Dolan's "Pas de Quatre", as well as the repertoire classics "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake". In 1970 she was the first American citizen to win the gold medal at Bulgaria's Varna International Ballet Competition, then in 2005 Moscow's Bolshoi Theater awarded her the first Ulanova Prize. After she made her final ballet appearances in 1990 she moved to the United States, served as ballet mistress with the Boston Ballet in the early 2000s, later taught and coached students, in New York, and died of cancer.