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Ms. Emmy is 29 years old. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Liberty University and is a certified Progressing Ballet Technique instructor. She has over twenty-five years of experience in the performing arts with extensive training in classical ballet and numerous other dance styles, as well as acting. Her pre-professional and intensive training includes BalletMet, Indiana University, Kansas City Ballet School, Lexington Ballet School, The Culture House Conservatory of the Arts, and Manhattan Dance Project, among others. She has had the honor of training with instructors from all around the world, including London, Russia, France, China, Norway, South America, Mexico, Italy, South Africa, Egypt, and New York City, with such notable instructors as Michael Vernon, Dmitri Suslov, Luis and Nancy Dominguez, Chet Walker, Bill Hotaling, and Joshua Bergasse. Her teaching credits span over a decade and include City Ballet Theater Company and School, Missouri Contemporary Ballet Company and School, Muriel Battle High Arts Department, East Coast Ballet School in Florida, Elevate Art in Kansas City, and several others. Her choreography has been featured in multiple productions throughout the years, including the Branson International Film Festival, Störling Dance Theater Trainee Program, Reflections In a Puddle Arts Series, National Dance Week Kansas City, Project Dance, Manhattan Dance Project, and the Indiana University Intensive, as well as numerous performances with City Ballet Theater. She also served as the sole choreographer for entire musical productions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Disney’s Tarzan for Muriel Battle High Arts Department. She has had the honor of performing with numerous professional companies, including The Minnesota Ballet, Moscow Ballet Company, Lexington Ballet Company, Störling Dance Theater, VidaDance Company, and her own past companies, Anazao Dance and City Ballet Theater. Her favorite roles and performances include the Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara in The Nutcracker, The Dark Fairy (Carabosse) and Blue Bird in Sleeping Beauty, Swanhilda from Coppélia, and Mary the Mother of Jesus in her original production of Unto Us: The Story of Christmas. 

As the former Artistic Director of City Ballet Theater, Emmy produced and performed in several full stage productions and regional events. After closing CBT due to a sudden family health crisis, she refocused her directing and creative skills into a new avenue – City Dance Theater Company – which is now hosted by Dance Expressions Studio. She is very grateful and excited to join the Staff at D.E.S. as an instructor for several of their classes, including their upper levels of ballet and pointe, as well as work with them on their show productions. Emmy loves spending time with family, animals, and photography. She also enjoys Marvel movies, Star Wars, and traveling –  especially to Florida and Walt Disney World!