Emily (she/her) grew up locally in Richmond BC and began her professional dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 2006 where she received the Paddy Stone Scholarship for choreography and the Arnold Spohr Scholarship for achievement in dance. After graduating in 2010, Emily trained at Arts Umbrella in the graduate program under the guidance of Artemis Gordon and has participated in summer programs such as the Movement Invention Project in New York City and Springboard Danse Montreal. Since joining Ballet BC in 2012, Emily has performed in various works which include Company 605, Out Innerspace, Johan Inger, Lesley Telford, Serge Bennathan, Emmanuel Gat, Adi Salant, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Fernando Magadan, Emily Molnar, Felix Landerer, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Medhi Walerski, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. Highlights include dancing the role of ‘Juliet’ in Medhi Walerski’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’. Emily has gotten opportunities to travel around the world with the company to perform, create and teach during her time with Ballet BC and is forever grateful for them. For her 2020-21 season, Emily joined Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in The Hague. Humbled and grateful, she is entering her 12th season with Ballet BC.