Eva Igo

Eva Erin Igo (born November 9, 2002), is an American dancer and actress from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She made her debut as a dancer on NBC's World of Dance season 1, just barely missing the $1 million prize to Les Twins.[1]

Eva Igo
Born (2002-11-09) November 9, 2002
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation
  • Dancer
  • actress
Years active2007–present

Some of her past dance has been criticized for being more gymnastics than dance. She says dance comes in all manners.[2]

Personal life

Eva Igo was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota to parents Dawn and Patrick. She has an older sister, Kayla, and an older brother, Sean. Igo has been dancing since she was 3 years old, and acting since she was 15. She dances at Larkin Dance Studio in Maplewood, Minnesota.

Igo did her first solo at the age of 5 and was securing national and regional titles by the age of 7.

Career

At fourteen years old, Igo was a contestant on the first season of NBC's World of Dance in 2017. She came in 2nd to Les Twins by .1 point. She came first in the Junior Division. Later, she returned in Season 2.

After her big break on World of Dance, she continued to perform all over the United States and Canada with World of Dance LIVE Tour in 2017. She also performed at Vidcon 2018, many television shows, and more.

Igo was also featured in Jennifer Lopez's music video, "Amor, Amor, Amor" directed by Jessy Terrero.

She won the Industry Dance Award 2018 for "Most Fierce Dancer Under 18". She was nominated along with 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.

Igo stretched her limits and 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. She won "Rising Star" at WorldFest Houston in 2019 for her work in The Last Astronaut as Evena.

Trivia

Igo appeared in season 3 episode 11 of the hit reality show Dance Moms, entitled Camouflaged Maneuvers. She and her team placed 1st against the ALDC's "Don't Ask Just Tell" and Igo placed 1st to Maddie Ziegler as well as receiving the highest score in the competition.

Igo received a perfect score with her solo "River" at Hall of Fame Dance Challenge in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2017. She is the first solo dancer to do so in over 12 years.

References

[3][4]

  1. Blewett, Matt (August 9, 2017). "A star is born on national TV as Eva Igo takes second on World of Dance".
  2. Brucculieri, Julia (2017-07-19). "'World Of Dance' Star Eva Igo Doesn't Pay Attention To The Haters". HuffPost.
  3. Montgomery, Daniel (July 25, 2018). "Eva Igo ('World of Dance') faced her toughest challenge ever during The Duels". Gold Derby. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  4. Eva, Igo. "Larkin Dance Studio". larkindancestudio.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

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