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Dancers Making MovesEmily Small: Dancers Making MovesEmmi Small (she/her) grew up in Newport, RI training at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet. Emmi is currently performing as a company dancer with Resilience Dance Company and Ballet 314, both of St. Louis, MO. She holds a BFA in Dance and BS in Public Health from University of Massachusetts Amherst (2019), where she studied ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, composition, ballroom, improvisation, contact improvisation, and West African. She has also performed with the St. Louis Dance Theatre, Newport Contemporary Ballet, and Emily Duggins Dance Project. She’s had the pleasure of performing choreography by Shannon Gillen an...2025-04-3038 min
Postcard DancesPostcard 10: Tamar Cohen with Izzy Kalodner and Talia CohenTamar Cohen holds a conversation with sister Talia Cohen and Izzy Kalodner about tradition and newness through their shared parallel foundations in ballet and Judaism. 2020-05-0734 minPostcard DancesPostcard 9: Indigo Umi with Lucia Rose Morey and Maya Nightsky RosensweetIndigo Umi brings together Lucia Rose Morey and Maya Nightsky for a conversation about healing, origins, emotional stability, and bliss as a baseline.2020-05-011h 01Postcard DancesPostcard 8: Hannah Berry with Evelyn Kirby and Rin ElwellChoreographer Hannah Berry talks with collaborators Evelyn Kirby and Rin Elwell about adjusting to new spaces, collisions between dance and the everyday, and generative unfinishing.2020-04-2033 minPostcard DancesPostcard 7: Sophie Clingan with Casey Roepke and Jac EssingChoreographer Sophie Clingan is joined by guests Casey Roepke and Jac Essing for a conversation about gentle accountability, expanding presence, and the practices that ground them. 2020-04-1636 minPostcard DancesPostcard 6: Morgan Lemos with Kylie Levy and Sam Murray Choreographer Morgan Lemos talks with their cast (Kylie Levy and Sam Murray) about continuity, rupture, and being alone together.2020-04-1321 minPostcard DancesPostcard 5: Miranda Lawson with Krista Lawson and Soukeyna AbbottChoreographer Miranda Lawson is joined by her sister, Krista, and Mount Holyoke senior Soukeyna Abbott for a conversation about style, context, and the moments when formal boundaries soften. 2020-04-0931 minPostcard DancesPostcard 4: Nell Mancini with Victoria Winter and Kiersten YusiNell Mancini hosts a conversation with fellow UMass Dance Majors Victoria Winter and Kiersten Yusi about losing time, finding connection, and teachers who made an impact on their early training. 2020-04-0835 minPostcard DancesPostcard 3: Hannah Lieberman with Sarah Zanger and Maia WilliamsonChoreographer Hannah Lieberman is joined by "smart and interesting humans" Sarah Zanger and Maia Williamson for a conversation about how ballet training, and the relationships it engendered, shaped their thinking about the broader world. 2020-04-0546 minPostcard DancesPostcard 2: Riegel and RippBarbie Diewald is joined by Five College Dance colleagues Dr. Alex Ripp and Jenna Riegel for a conversation about making space, leaving room, and unexpected silver linings.2020-04-0430 minPostcard DancesPostcard 1: Meredith Bove and Lailye WeidmanBarbie Diewald is joined by western MA dancemakers Meredith Bove and Lailye Weidman for a conversation about curiosity, love, and the current moment. 2020-03-2528 min