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EMMA LEWIS-JONES IS A UK-BASED ARTIST WORKING ACROSS CHOREOGRAPHY & DANCE DRAMATURGY.

AS A FACILITATOR SHE IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO REALISE THEIR OWN CHOREOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL. EMMA MAKES IN A MULTITUDE OF CONTEXTS, OFTEN OUTDOORS, OFTEN SOCIALLY ENGAGED. HER TRAINING IN CHOREOGRAPHY & FINE ART UNDERPIN EMMA’S CREATIVE PRACTICE TODAY. HER REPERTOIRE IS INFORMED BY SOMATIC & CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUES. CONCEPTUALLY SHE DRAWS ON MATTERS CLOSE TO HER HEART SUCH AS FEMINISM, SEXUALITY, CLIMATE JUSTICE, GRIEF & THE BORDER CRISIS. SHE IS EXCITED BY INTERVENTION, CRITICISM, TRESPASS, EMERGENCY, SOCIAL JUSTICE & NOTIONS OF LEGACY. EMMA IS ALSO NEURODIVERGENT & PASSIONATE ABOUT ACCESS, ADVOCACY & ACCOUNTABILITY.

EMMA HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL, ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, CREATIVE SCOTLAND AND GOETHE INSTITUT. AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK ROOM, PLATFORM, FEVERED SLEEP, NEW ART EXCHANGE, IMAGINATE, ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, DARTINGTON, FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, FABRIC, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND, ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH COLLEGE, THE MIGHTY CREATIVES, TRANSMISSION AND OUTER SPACES.