Emily Ehling (she/her) is the Assistant Teaching Professor of Stage Movement and Dance. As a dance teacher and choreographer, Emily primarily draws from Horton Technique, Release Technique, somatic practices, and improvisation to encourage grounded, expansive, curious dancing. She researches the intersection of dance processes and theatre processes, with a focus on creating and maintaining ethical, care-based rehearsal spaces. Her choreographic processes strive to prioritize the humans involved, seeking to build genuine care and empathy among the collaborators that might be felt by the audience.   

Emily has independently produced five full-length contemporary dance premieres since 2019, most recently …and everything stays the same… She has choreographed original works for RESILIENCE Dance Company, the Saint Louis Dance Theatre trainees, Modern American Dance Company 2, Consuming Kinetics Dance Company, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and Washington University Dance Collective. Her choreography has been shown broadly at festivals across the country. 

After dancing with Modern American Dance Company 2, The Slaughter Project, and Black Irish Contemporary Hip Hop Company, Emily was a founding company member with RESILIENCE Dance Company. She regularly works as the dance dramaturg for new works in development with RESILIENCE Dance Company.