Olivia Emert

Olivia Emert (she/her) is an independent choreographer based out of Kansas City, Missouri. Emert graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance and Choreography from the Conservatory of University Missouri Kansas City. In Spring of 2024, Emert completed her third season with Geometry Dance Company, an Los Angeles based contemporary and movement research company directed by Mackenzie Martin. With the company, she was featured in works such as “Naeem” and “Sit Me Back Down.” Emert’s choreographic work focuses on emotional awareness, tactile partnerwork, and building tangible environments. Her choreography has been commissioned by Kansas City Ballet, Creative Intersections with Owen Cox Dance Group, Art in the Loop, KCPublic Theater, Messenger Coffee Company, City in Motion, University of Missouri Kansas City, NoDivide, and Charlotte Street Foundation. Notably, Emert was jury-selected as featured artist with the Making Moves series, which funded and supported her evening length work, WOMB.DIRT.SKY. As a recipient of Charlotte Street’s two year residency program, Emert has been diving further into different processes and creations. Through the space and support Charlotte Street has provided, she has been producing and founding her own works, evening length shows, and open community classes. Her evening length work, VESSEL was presented in partnership with Rochester Brewing, KCTherapy, Research Psychiatric Center, PsychPros Kansas City, Ed Care, and Fractured Atlas. In addition, Emert has founded, FLOW, her own open movement classes highlighting somatic awareness, released based floorwork, and contemporary phrase work. Olivia seeks to create and hold space for individuals to deepen their own artistry and find themselves in movement. www.oliviaemert.com