Emily Elizabeth Aiken
Current City: New York and Seattle
Permenant Address:
2231 Olde Well Road
Hudson NC, 28638
emily@emilyaiken.com
ARTISTIC JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
DANCE
Valerie Green Dance Entropy NYC-2017-present
Justin Tornow’s COMPANY-2014-present
Collapss-2014-present
Thea Little-Extraordinarily Inverse , NY-2018
Yify Zhang's music video "Get Out"-2018
Hannah Larson's music video "Waterfall"-Summer 2017
Sandra Kramerova-Dancer for Game On May 27, 2017
Pearl Studios NYC Master Class Teacher for Starsteps Dance Center-April 21, 2017
Wake Forest Academy of Fine Arts-2014-2016
Triple Threat Dance Studio Faculty-2012-2016
Hannah Larson’s music video cover of “Hallelujah”-Summer 2014
Pensacola State College Summer Workshop Faculty-Summer 2014
Alvin Ailey Theatre in NYC BalaSole Dance Company- July 2012
Jo-Jo promotional hip-hop music video- John James- Summer 2010
Seasonal Guest Teacher -Starsteps Dance Center- Summer 2009- present
Dance Theatre USA Company Dancer -Summer 2009
Harambee's Holiday Celebration for Foster Care Children- Miami Florida- Dec. 2009
Community Arts Festival Dance Coordinator-South Caldwell High School -Fall 2008
VOCAL
Various Performances- First Presbyterian Church- 2004-2009
Community Arts Showing-South Caldwell High School - 2008 & 2009
Ocean Music Festival- Royal Caribbean Cruise- 2006
THEATRE
Meadowbrook Baptist Church Girls in Action Arts Coordinator- 2007
FUGE Summer Camp Drama Team- Meadowbrook Baptist Church- Summer 2005-2007
Community Theatre Arts, Private Solo Rehearsal Director- Summer 2006-2007
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
UNCG Writing Center-2012-2015
American Eagle Outfitters- Sales Associate- 2011
Aiken Labs/ Immersive Motion- Administrative Assistant and Product Development- December 2010
ARTS EDUCATION
UNC Greensboro Master of Fine Arts Degree 2012-2015
UNC Greensboro Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree 2009- 2012
ADF Six Week School Summer 2010
Clater-Kaye Theatreworks 2007-2009
Luigi's Jazz Center NYC Summer 2008 &2009
Louis Nunnery School of Ballet 2008-2009
South Caldwell Vocal Ensemble 2005-2009
Dianne Graber Voice School 2001-2009
Starsteps Dance Center 1997-2009
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Counselor Education, Graduate Certificate, NC State University, 2018
Duke Integrative Medicine: Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program, Duke University 2019
Teiki: Level One, Duke University 2019
PROFESSIONAL ARTS TRAINING
Choreography: Jan Van Dyke, Madeline Reber, B.J. Sullivan, Jill Green
Creative/ Experimental Dance: Amanda Miller
Contemporary (Cunningham and Release Technique): Jan Van Dyke, B.J. Sullivan
Hip-Hop: Quentin Bolden, Roxanne Smith, Barry Youngblood, Amanda Diorio,
Jazz: Luigi, Lesia Kaye, Roxanne Smith, Michelle Crisp, Duane Cyrus
Musical Theater: Lesia Kaye, Robert Kaye, Alice Barlowe, Dianne Graber
Tap: Roxanne Smith, Michelle Crisp, Caitlin Spencer
Voice: Dianne Graber, Alice Barlowe, Lesia Kaye, Robert Kaye
Ballroom: Roxanne Smith, Elisa Foshay
African: Robin Gee, Sherone Price
Lyrical: Roxanne Smith, Michelle Crisp
Ballet: Michelle Crisp, Roxanne Smith, Louis Nunnery, Lesia Kaye, Jerry Rose
CHOREOGRAPHY
WORKS/ PROJECTS
On Our Shoulders Thesis Concert-February 2015
Hannah Larson’s music video cover of “Hallelujah”-Summer 2014
Go/No -Alvin Ailey Theatre in NYC BalaSole Dance Company- July 2012
Drifting: The Culture-UNCG BFA Concert -Spring 2012
Go/No -UNCG Choreography III Showing- Winter 2011
Collaborative Moving Artist with Petegay Letren- Miami Florida Stages- Winter 2009
ADF Choreography symposium with Amanda Miller- Duke University- Summer 2010
Collaborative Moving - UNCG site-specific works- 2009- current
"And Then It Rained" - UNCG Departmental Concert -Winter 2011
ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES
DANCE
Dance Entropy NYC Season at St. Mark's Church -6/1/17-6/3/17
Dixon Place Hosts: Game On by Sandra Kramerova & Artists-5/27/17
Collapss in Greensboro-4/14/17
UNCG Collage Chamber Series at 5:30PM in the UNCG School of Music Recital Hall-3/31/17
Collapss at the Greensboro Project Space-an evening of improvisation and game pieces-2/17/17
Collapss Holiday Edition at Empire Books Greensboro, NC-12/10/16
COLLAPSS (COLLective for hAPpy SoundS) at Empire Books Greensboro, NC-10/14/16
Collapss Pop-Up Art Exchange Workshop and Performance-9/20/16
2'4 U by COLLAPSS! 2 minute performance for one audience at a time in the Art Truck that will be live streamed by Periscope-9/2/16
Ether and Water Score- Power Plant Gallery- September 2016
Collective Repertory- Empire Books- August 2016
No. 15 - Cary Sculpture Garden- August 2016
Beach Variation (No. 15)- Wilmington SARUS festival- July 2016
Accumulation Residency- Carrack Modern Art- June 2016
Bolero- North Carolina Sax. Ensemble- Carrboro- May 2016
Prompts: Respond- Sculpture Experiment- April 2016
No. 17 The Lowest Form of Poetry- Kenan Music Hall- March 2016
Collective Repertory-Empire Books- February 2016
Silent Night Score- Downtown Greensboro- December 2015
Words Score- Art Truck- November 2015
No. 15 Value of Words- CAM Raleigh- November 2015
KIN/ No. 15- The Carrack Modern Art- August 2015
European Residency- Strausberg and Cortona- July 2015
European Tour- Lusanne, Paris, Strausberg, Brussels- July 2015
On Repeats- Mack and Mack- June 2015
Community Art Showcase- Greenhill Art Museum- April 2015
Cobra- The Shed, Durham- March 2015
No. 13: The Weights- UNC Kenan Music Hall -February 2015
Re-Open/Re-Turn at Empire Books by Collapss February 2015
The Weights at The Carrack-December 2014 by Justin Tornow
Assemble, Unravel, Revolve Dance at Greenhill-August 2014-curated by Brianna Taylor/Confluence
Franklin Street Chapel Hill Performance with COMPANY-May 2014-Justin Tornow
UNCG Summer Intensive Showoffs-Summer 2013
UNCG BFA Performance-February 2013
UNCG BFA Performance-December 2012
(Sweet) Suite- UNCG, Feb. 2012-Janet Lilly
Moving Through -ACDFA, March 2011-Stephanie Leathers
Performances of Performing- UNCG, Dec. 2010-Collaborative Artists
Steps in the Street Martha Graham Repertory- UNCG, April 2010-Elizabeth Auclair & Duane Cyrus
Duke Gardens Project -ADF, July 2010-Rodger Belman
Dance Theatre USA -Boston and Myrtle Beach Stages, Summer 2009-Jerry Rose and Lori Russe
The Nutty Nutcracker-(Sugar Plum Fairy) The Green Room Winter 2008 - Stacey Richardson
Unto These Hills -JE Broyhill Civic Center, Winter 2007 - Roxanne Smith
VOCAL
The Risen Lord (original work)-Various community churches- Fall 2010
Pie Jesu- South Caldwell Community Arts Showing- Winter 2009
Sweet Little Jesus Boy- Lenoir First Presbyterian Church- Winter 2009
Lakme: Flower Duet- Lenoir First Presbyterian Church- Winter 2008
Bleak Mid-winter- Lenoir First Presbyterian Church- Winter 2007
Protecting Our Children-Preventing A Nightmare- Public Safety Rally- Winter 2006
THEATRE
Dorothy's Adventures in OZ (Miss Gultch, The Wicked Witch, Poppy Queen)- J.E Broyhill Civic Center- Winter 2009
Let Me Improv. That -South Caldwell Community Arts Festival -Spring 2008
The Nutty Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)- The Green Room-Winter 2007-2009
AWARDS
EDUCATIONAL
UNCG Dean's List- 2009-2014
UNCG Chancellor's List- 2010-2014
Virginia Moomaw Scholarship -2011
Golden Key International Honors Society Invitation- 2010
Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization Member- 2010
NC Association Principal's Leadership Award- 2009
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award- 2009
CHOREOGRAPHIC
UNCG Undergrad Representative for ACDFA Conference-"And Then It Rained" 2012
Davenport School Arts Extravaganza Honorary Guest Artist 2009
Senior Super Soloist Encore Dance (1st place) 2009
Platinum Soloist Showstoppers (1st place) 2009
Asheville Tristate Soloist of the Year (1st place) 2009
Outstanding Choreography Award- Regional Competition Stars of Tomorrow 2008
Selected for NCDA Student Choreography Showcase Performance 2008
DANCE
ADF Tuition Scholarship- 2010
Dance Theatre USA Broadway Dance Center Scholarship- 2009
Professional Dance Teachers Assoc Jazz Scholarship - 2007&2008
North Carolina Dance Alliance Scholarship Winner - 2008
JUMP Dance Scholarship Winner, New York- 2008
VOCAL/ THEATRE/ OTHER
Movies By Movers participant - with Caitlin Spencer and Collaborative Artists - 2011
Superior Duet Performer- State Choral Contest- 2009
Community Music Club Scholarship Winner- 2008
Drama Club Preferred Performer-2008
Talent Arts Sharing (1st place)- South Caldwell- 2008