Emma Kerson

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  • Feb. 2017: Common People perform Blue Valentine as part of Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s Bright Nights series with commissions from Tedd Robinson and Simon Renaud.
  • Present: Co-Director of Common People with Andrew Hartley
  • Present: Independent Dance Artist performing the works of choreographers: Julia Aplin, Patricia Beatty, Elizabeth Chitty, Jennifer Dallas, Robert Desrosiers, David Earle, Ana Grappler, Andrew Hartley, Michael Sean Marye, Sharon B. Moore, Meagan O’Shea, Peter Randazzo, Simon Renaud, Menaka Thakkar
  • Present: Instructor, School of the Toronto Dance Theatre Young Dancers’ Program; Co-Director, the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre’s Summer Dance Camp
  • Present: Instructor, Quinte Ballet School of Canada’s Professional Training Program & Recreational Division
  • 2011: Graduate, School of the Toronto Dance Theatre Professional Training Program
  • Awards: funding from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts (2012-present); Metcalf Foundation Grant (2013); Sharon Moore Solo Project (2011); Kathryn Ash Leadership Award (2011); Millennium Excellence Award (2009-2010); Nova Scotia Talent Trust (2008)
  • Website, CADA-ON
  • Photo courtesy of Emma Kerson. Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann.