Effete Photo Steve Tanner, dancers Grace Sellwood & Kuldip Singh-Barmi
CHOREOGRAPHY
Emily’s choreographic work is powerfully articulate, often bringing personal subjects to life in a universal way with depth & daring. Visually exciting, crafted & performed with a sensitivity that quietly encourages audiences to loose themselves in the rich movement and physical ideas brought to life with Emily’s vision through the dancers & artists she works closely with. Emily choreographs for stage, screen & site.
Commissions & projects include undergraduate commissions from AMATA, Falmouth University, site based projects at the Minack Theatre, Trebah Gardens & Heligan Gardens (WildWorks), youth & primary projects for Hall for Cornwall, Theatre Royal & Barbican Theatre (Plymouth) and community based projects in Belfast, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Midlands & the South West.
Current Work
In My Head (2026)
Touring 2026/27
A one woman dance theatre performance. An extroadinary experience of ordinary, everyday sound.
Selected Past Work
Becomes Something (2019)
Created with Second Year undergraduate Dance & Choreography students
Short Film created with Brett Harvey for Three Cane Whale
Short Film created with Brett Harvey, part of the Physical Postcards Project
Created for festivals, symposium & touring in the South West
Live performance & film creation touring to festivals & Big Screens UK & Internationally
Short Film created with Brett Harvey touring to festivals & Big Screens UK & Internationally
More Creations working with professionals, community groups, education & more…
Amplitude | 2025
Commissioned work for Inner Ground Dance Company performed at St Petrocs Church, Bodmin
Co-created with Pete Shenton & Matthew Thomason
We Are Here, Now | 2024
Commissioned work for Inner Ground Dance Company performed at the Let’s Create Hall for Cornwall Showcase
With film work featuring natural landscapes by Brett Harvey & Adam Laity
Two & a Half | 2021
Created for Inside Out Dorset, produced by Activate Performing Arts
Direction Anna Golding, choreography Emily Alden & dancers. Created with mature & differently abled dancers
Daëg | 2018
Undergraduate work for Dance & Choreography Students, Falmouth University
Choreographed remotely using Zoom. Exploring digital technology as a viewing tool for audiences
Wildworks 100: UnEarth | 2018
Co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW and The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Choreography for main cast, community cast & led undergraduate dance & theatre cohort
As well as youth & community focussed work for…
Dance Republic 2
Cscape Dance Company
The Works
Freefall Dance Company
Barbican Theatre Plymouth
TR2 Theatre Royal Plymouth
Archbishop Benson Primary School
Various secondary & primary schools across Cornwall, Devon, Belfast, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire amongst others.