Emanuel Dostine (he/they) was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his initial dance training from Spotlight Dance Works where he was a YoungArts winner in contemporary dance. He moved to Vancouver to further his education at Arts Umbrella with the guidance of Artemis Gordon.

After graduating, Emanuel was an Emerging Artist for two seasons with the company. In the last four years Emanuel performed works by Crystal Pite, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Fernando Magadan, Marco Goecke, Sharon Eyal, Johan Inger, Jiri Porkorny, Medhi Walerski, Marne & Imre Van Opstal, Roy Assaf, and Shahar Binyamini. Emanuel is thrilled to be entering the 24/25 season as a full company artist.