Bio

Emma began training in Moncton New Brunswick graduating from the DancEast Young Company. Upon graduation on the East Coast, she continued her dance studies at Ryerson University in the Performance Dance Program in Toronto Ontario. Emma will graduate with her BFA in the spring of 2020. From 2016, Emma has produced works set on preprofessional dancers in Moncton, and emerging artist in Toronto underneath Ryerson. In addition to creating, Emma has performed in productions under DancEast, Ryerson, and Fall for Dance North. Emma’s passion for art is something she continuously shares as she appears as a guest artist at her hometown studio, DancEast.

Residency Project

Throughout high school, we sometimes struggle with voicing emotions. Choreographing personalized creative movement aligns with a personal connection in how teens can learn to develop connections to storytelling within their own bodies. Classes would be structured around personalized poems and dialogue that can be developed into choreographed moments, as students learn how to utilize their bodies in allowing themselves to listen to their true sensations. Dance is a powerful resource for students as it can lead them into a direction that promotes physical and mental fitness as students learning tactics to explore physicality.

Teaching Experience

Emma has teaching experience in studio and theatre settings working with primary, elementary, and high school students on the East Coast for 5 years, and in Ontario for 3. In the past two years especially, Emma has created and set choreographic movement on high school students who have experienced bullying throughout their lives. With an active ear, she has listened to their stories from the personal experiences shared by her students to create movement. Emma has helped students find a voice within the language of dance and is pushing them to find more courage to share their stories within their own classrooms and schools.