Eva Igo
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| Born | November 9, 2002 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | https://www.evaigoofficial.com |
Eva Erin Igo (born November 9, 2002) is an American dancer and actress. Hailing from Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1] She made her debut as a dancer on NBC's World of Dance Season 1, where she took second place after Les Twins.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Igo was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She began dancing at Larkin Dance Studio in Maplewood, Minnesota at age 3 and began competing at age 5.[3]
Career
[edit]At the age of fourteen, Igo was a contestant on the first season of NBC's World of Dance in 2017. She came in second to Les Twins by .1 point. She came first in the Junior Division. Later, she returned in Season 2.
After performing on World of Dance, she performed in the United States and Canada with World of Dance LIVE Tour in 2017. She also headlined at Vidcon 2018.[4]
Igo was also featured in Jennifer Lopez's music video, "Amor, Amor, Amor" directed by Jessy Terrero.[5]
She won the Industry Dance Awards[6] for "Most Fierce Dancer Under 18".[7] She was nominated along industry elites Charlize Glass, JT Church, Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice. Igo was also nominated for a People's Choice Award as the "Competition Contestant of 2018".
In 2019, Igo guest-starred on Dance+5 India in Mumbai.[8]
Igo worked with Welling Films in the AXI: Avengers of Xtreme Illusions, alongside actors/dancers Preslee Bishop, Chloe Klitus, and Darrin Dewitt Henson. She made her premier feature in film with director, Shawn Welling, in his film, The Last Astronaut in 2018.[9] She won "Rising Star" at WorldFest Houston in 2019 for her work in The Last Astronaut as Evena.[10]
Some of her past dancing has been criticized for gravitating more towards gymnastics rather than dance. [11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eva Igo". IMDb.
- ^ Blewett, Matt (August 9, 2017). "A star is born on national TV as Eva Igo takes second on World of Dance".
- ^ "Eva Igo - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Acting". EVA IGO. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Acting". EVA IGO. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Industry Dance Awards".
- ^ "DANCERS CHOICE AWARDS 2018". MOST FIERCE DANCER UNDER 18 Winner.
- ^ "Bio". EVA IGO. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Bio". EVA IGO. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "WorldFest Houston, Texas". WorldFest Houston, USA 2019 Awards. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Brucculieri, Julia (2017-07-19). "'World Of Dance' Star Eva Igo Doesn't Pay Attention To The Haters". HuffPost.
- ^ Montgomery, Daniel (July 25, 2018). "Eva Igo ('World of Dance') faced her toughest challenge ever during The Duels". Gold Derby. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Eva, Igo. "Larkin Dance Studio". larkindancestudio.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.