Evita Rigert - Costume Creation and Production
Evita Rigert is an independent costume and fashion creator and maker based in Volkshotel, Amsterdam. She collaborated recently with Duda Paiva Company and Illusionary Rockaz Company for the creation of Avatara, an interdisciplinary dance show combining hip hop culture with puppetry that won the Zwaan 2023 for "the most impressive dance production".
Coming from fashion background she worked with Ninamounah and Elzinga as a creative pattern cutter. During her studies, she was trained at the established fashion labels Ann Demeulemeester and Haider Ackermann in Antwerp and Paris.
Evita has acquired incredible knowledge through the various stages she has passed through, technically and practically, in production of made-to-measurement tailoring and pattern construction but also into the world of dance, puppets and special effects. Her costumes are traveling theaters all over the Netherlands and abroad.
Evita, originally from Switzerland, wholeheartedly embraced the opportunity to make Amsterdam her home, immersing herself in the local culture and learning the language. Since completing her Master's degree at the Sandberg Instituut, she has discovered her blissful haven in the creative community of Broedplaats Volkshotel, where she finds immense happiness and creative freedom to develop her design practice and collaborate with people from different creative fields.
Education
2017-2019 Master of Arts in Design of Experiences
UNIVERSITY OF THE UNDERGROUND
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam
2013-2017 Bachelor of Arts in Product- and Industrial Design focus in
Fashion Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Academy of Art and Design Basel
Awards
2023 Nederlandse Dansdagen
ZWAAN 2023
Meest indrukwekkende dansproductie 2023
Most impressive dance production 2023
AVATARA van Duda Paiva en Shailesh Bahoran
2017 Doing Fashion Sponsorship Award for graduation
collection ”The inEVITAble Trash of Luxury”
Coming Soon
Soon Costume Design for EILIT MAROM for
“I NEVER WANNA DANCE
AGAIN”
Premiere 31-03-2024 Het Nationale Theater Den Haag
Soon Costume Design for DUDA PAIVA COMPANY and LAVINIA MEIJER for
"ANIMALIA PARADOXA"
Experience
2024 Costume Design for DUDA PAIVA COMPANY for
“GHOST BOX”
Premiere Theater Bellevue Amsterdam
2023-2024 Extended Costume and Puppet Design for DUDA PAIVA COMPANY,
HOLLAND OPERA & NEW EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE
“REINEART DE V.”
Premiere Veerensmederij Amersfoort
2022-2023 Costume Design for DUDA PAIVA COMPANY for
“KINDEREN VAN HET VERDWENEN WOUD”
Premiere De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
2022-2023 Costume Design for DUDA PAIVA COMPANY for Béla Bartók
“The miraculous Mandarin”
Premiere Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Theater Philharmonie Essen
2022-2023 Costume Design for ILLUSIONARY ROCKAZ COMPANY and
DUDA PAIVA COMPANY for
“AVATARA”
Premiere Utrecht Stadsschouwburg
2022-2024 Patternmaker and Production for
JULES TEN VELDE @commedegarçon Shop Tokyo
2021-2022 Patternmaker and Production for NINAMOUNAH
2019-2022 Senior Designer STUDIO ELZINGA
2020- 2021 Costume Design for Artist IRINA BIRGER
Exhibition “Moving Walls” at Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
2019 Costume Design for Designer KLASIEN VAN DE ZANSCHLUP and
VR-Designer ALI ELSAMI, Exhibition “Sacred Hill“ at
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam and
Nederlands Film Festival 2019, Utrecht
2019 Costume Design for Opera Performance “REPEAT AFTER ME” at the
NATIONALE OPERA AND BALLET AMSTERDAM,
advised by Peter Sellars and Sjaron Minailo
2018 Concept and Costume Design for short film “THE NEIGH SAYER”,
Premiered at the BRITISH FILM INSTITUT (BFI), London
2018 Founded Accessories Label HUNGUP.ME
2015-2016 Pattern Department at HAIDER ACKERMANN, Antwerp and Paris
2015 Product Development and Pattern Department Internship at
ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, Antwerp