Emily Eymundson
Drama | Dance | Media
Emily is a choreographer, educator, director, and artist residing and working on the unceded lək̓ʷəŋən traditional territories, known as Victoria, BC. She works primarily in dance education and musical theatre.
Education
Emily currently instructs elementary school aged dance and music students at Westcoast Academy of Performing Arts and adult dancers at Passion & Performance Arts Inc.
Dance styles she specializes in include jazz styles, musical theatre jazz, contemporary, modern, physical theatre, and hip hop. She also teaches ballet, several Eastern European folk dances, and various street styles including KPOP and voguing.
Emily is especially passionate about accessibility and inclusion in performing arts spaces, and is available for talks and courses about creating safe dance and drama spaces. Workshops and lectures she has delivered include The History of Jazz, Sociological Perspectives on RENT: The Musical, and The Art Educator’s Ethics Compass.
Direction
Emily has experience directing stage production, film, and music videos. She is deeply passionate about musical theatre. Her most recent large-scale production was VOS Musical Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show, presented at the McPherson Theatre in Victoria, BC.
She also is experienced in stage management, projection tech operation, sound/video editing, costuming, and prop design.
Choreography
For both stage production and film, Emily is versed in choreographing for soloists, duos, and large groups. She specializes in choreography for musical theatre and hip hop, among other styles.