Emily Crofford

Emily Crofford (Winston-Salem, NC) was born a mover, became an athlete by design, and a dancer through intuition. Emily is an investigative artist and educator interested in exploring the intimate connection dance offers both performers and viewers. She has taught contemporary and jazz dance techniques, dance appreciation, dance pedagogy, conditioning, yoga, and creative movement to a vast spectrum of students across several states. She teaches at High Point University and Winston Salem State University and has also taught at Elon University, Salem College, and the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She appeared in the official music video for I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) by the Glass Animals and was selected as one of Dance Project’s Artists in Residence for Fall 2018. Her choreography has been featured at several Cleveland Dance Showcases, American College Dance Association conferences, and Tobacco Roads Dance Productions’ In Concert ’19. Emily has worked with numerous choreographers, including performing with Christine Bowen Dance, Chris Yon, and was part of the Corciano Festival, 53′ Agosto Corcianese, in Corciano, Italy. Emily has been a part of the Wake Forest Dance Festival for the past two years and has also worked with the Greensboro Dance Film Festival. Additionally, her research seamlessly integrates somatic and conditioning practices into dancers’ training. Emily earned her MFA in Dance with a concentration in choreography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her BFA in Dance Education, an education minor from Kent State University. She is also a certified Yoga teacher through the Yoga Alliance and a Certified Elite Trainer through the International Sports Sciences Association, becoming certified in Strength and Conditioning, Personal Training, and Nutrition.