Shoreline by Simon Birch
PERFORMANCE
As a dancer Emily’s performance work includes ensemble work, traditional contemporary works, children’s dance theatre, physical theatre, & film works. An experienced site-based performer, regularly seen in gardens, galleries, & on the coast...in & on the water.
She has toured extensively in the UK, performed in Northern Ireland & toured internationally to the USA.
Emily uses her physicality, technical strength, imaginative & attentive nature to bring ideas to life with her sensitive & deeply expressive performance capabilities, connecting with audiences of any age.
PERFORMANCE CREDITS
2025 & 2026
In My Head Solo, Work in Progress sharing’s at Falmouth International Arts Festival, Made in Cornwall Showcase - 2026
Apple Morgawr, Short Film Commission by Brett Harvey. Made using Action Mode on iPhone17, for Instagram,
Apple No Frame Missed, Documentary Film highlighting the rising prevalence of Parkinson’s Disease & the iphone’s accessibility features.
2019 & 2018
In My Head Solo, Work in Progress sharing’s at The Kneehigh Barns - 2019
WildWorks 100: UnEarth Main cast as 'Hestia, Heligan Gardens - 2018
Rosemary Lee Passage for Par, Par Beach, Cornwall - 2018
Simon Birch Dance Shoreline & Prideaux Angels, Cornwall & South West beaches - 2016 - 2018
Brett Harvey Wavering Down (film) - 2017
2017 & more
Kuldip Singh-Barmi Three Free, Exeter Northcott - 2017
Agnieszka Blonksa At the End of the Line, Exchange Gallery, Penzance & Giving Voice Festival - 2015
Kneehigh Theatre / Tom Jackson Greaves Run for Your Life, Kneehigh Asylum - 2016
Brett Harvey For My Sister (film) - 2016
Freefall Dance work by Yael Flexer, Emily Alden, Simon Birch - 2014
Brett Harvey DiSPLACMENT (film) - 2011
Cscape Kneehigh’s The Red Shoes pre show performance, choreographed by Emma Rice, Kneehigh Asylum 2010
Kneehigh Theatre Don John, National & International tour incl. BAC, Leeds Grand & Spoleto Fest, USA - 2008
Cscape Dance All productions, Cornwall & National Touring - 2007-2014
Gecko Theatre Theatre of Science, TR2 Theatre Royal, Plymouth - 2005
Motionhouse Road to the Beach, Watergate Bay Beach, Cornwall - 2004
Karine Ponties Scheggia, Dance Connect/Dance City, Gulbenkian Theatre, Newcastle - 2001
Research Workshops, Intensives & Projects
Stacked Wonky Somerset - R&D Jerwood Choreographic Research Project 2026
Bryony Kimmings London – Spring Workshop Week 2018
Theo Clinkard Company Dance4 – 3 weeks shadowing & learning rep of This Bright Field 2017
PRODA Norway Oslo – Professional class with Jon Filip Fahlstrøm 2017
Gaga Dancers Belgium – European Intensive with Doron Raz Avraham & Yaara Moses 2017
Punchdrunk Fallow Cross, London – One day site-based devising workshop with Maxine Doyle 2017
TripSpace London – Professional class with Lea Tirabasso 2017
Theo Clinkard AMATA, Cornwall - Freefall Masterclass Absorbed in Action 2016
Impulstanz Festival Vienna – Week long workshops The Playful Body & Ultima Vez Rep with Laura Aris 2015
Wired Aerial The Higher Space – Weekend bungee assisted dance workshop with Wendy Hesketh 2014
DV8 Cornwall - a one day workshop led by Director Lloyd Newson
