Emily Alden
 
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Emily is a dancer & choreographer working across dance & theatre, live & digital formats & communities. Originally from the Midlands Emily trained in Contemporary Dance at Bretton Hall College of Arts in Yorkshire & is now based in Cornwall. Her extensive performance work, national & international touring & UK based site productions, includes WildWorks, Cscape, Kneehigh, Simon Birch, Rosemary Lee, Yael Flexer & Agnieszka Blonska.

She is currently developing new work In My Head exploring everyday sound & hearing loss which has been supported by a DYCP grant, Arts Council England, Hall for Cornwall, AMATA Falmouth University & Kneehigh Theatre. Recent projects include newly commissioned work being performed at Inside Out Dorset, an international outdoor arts festival, amongst other projects.

Her dance for camera work with film collaborator Brett Harvey (Kneehigh, o-region, Lucasfilm) has been screened worldwide. Her photography is an on-going collection for work & play, documenting & capturing people, place & nature.

Emily is an Associate Artist of Hall for Cornwall, Associate Lecturer of Dance at Falmouth University, and a member of an international networking group (2020/21) through Arts Access (Goethe Institute and British Council).

 

Cover Photo Credits:

Workshop led by Theo Clinkard @ Dance Camp 2021, Emily Alden
GAGA Dancers with Natalia Iwaniec 2019, Steve Tanner
Shallal Dance Theatre in rehearsal, Emily Alden
In My Head 2019, Steve Tanner
Passage for Par by Rosemary Lee 2018, Graham Gaunt
At The End of The Line by Agnieszka Blonska 2015, Steve Tanner
Shoreline by Simon Birch 2016, Steve Tanner
Panta Rei Danseteater, Emily Alden
Various in Norway, Emily Alden
Don John 2010 Kneehigh Theatre, Steve Tanner