Bill Evans

James William Evans or Bill Evans (born 1940) is an American choreographer, performer, teacher, administrator, writer and movement analyst. He is professor emeritus of dance at the University of New Mexico and visiting professor emeritus at SUNY Brockport. He is also the founder and director of the Evans Somatic Dance Institute in Port Townsend, Washington. He founded the Bill Evans Dance Company in 1975 and the Bill Evans Summer Institute of Dance in 1977.

Evans's choreographic work has included more than 200 works for professional dance companies, including his own company, Repertory Dance Theatre, Ballet West, the Concert Dance Company of Boston, the Deutsche Oper Ballet in West Berlin, North Carolina Dance Theatre (now Charlotte Ballet), Pacific Northwest Ballet and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.