Emma Harrison

DMC Member, Board Member, Youth Committee Member and Engagement Officer

Emma Harrison (she/her) is a dance performer, choreographer, movement director and educator, based on Gadigal Country in Warrane/Sydney. She had a nomadic upbringing around regional Australia, largely Gooreng Country/Gladstone, central Queensland, and Yuin Country, Nowra NSW.

As an artist, Emma works with independent choreographers and theatre directors across Australia. Recent performance credits include ‘Arlington’ dir. Anna Houston (Empress Theatre 2024), ‘Cut the Sky’ Marrugeku (Carriageworks 2024), ‘The Lost Boys’ dir. Craig Baldwin and Eliza Scott (Little Eggs Collective 2023), Australian tours of DMC’s ‘The Rivoli’ and ‘DADS’, and Tra Mi Dinh’s ‘(UP)HOLDING’ (Brand X 2023, Dancehouse 2023).

Emma’s multidisciplinary practice encompasses contemporary dance, sung and spoken voice, film and theatre. Her solo work ‘Wolverine’ (produced by Dance Makers Collective) was commissioned for Sydney Festival 2024. Other choreographic works have been presented by Dance Makers Collective Big Dance 2.0, March Dance Festival, Art Month Sydney, Ausdance, Bondi Festival, Crack X Festival, Strut Dance WA, Sydney Fringe Festival, and DirtyFeet Out of the Studio.

Emma was the inaugural recipient of the DMC RAPPORT international artist residency, allowing Emma to travel to Brighton (UK) South East Dance. She has completed other residencies with Ausdance DAIR, Annandale Creative Arts and Strut Dance WA.
As a film auteur, Emma has worked on projects for Campbelltown Arts Centre, Strut Dance, DirtyFeet, Triple J, NIDA, visual artist Susan Hawkins and various independent dancers including Emma Riches, Yilin Kong, Michael Smith and Zachary Lopez.

She is a graduate of the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts /LINK Dance Company and holds postgraduate degrees in Media Arts and Production and Primary Education.