Emma's training and experience
Emma Rowlands is a Freelance Dancer, She graduated in Choreography and Dance with an upper second class Hons from the University of Winchester in 2019.
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Emma has worked with D@win Dance Company, performed and taught in Performing arts Winchester's sub-society 'Let's dance', and participated in multiple mixed media productions. She is now looking for her next venture!
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I have been dancing since the age of 5 enjoying many forms of dance, predominantly Ballet, contemporary, modern and Jazz. I have performed and experienced many other styles including musical theatre, Tap, Street-jazz, Commercial, Jive, Lyrical and hip-hop.
My training at Coulsdon college allowed me to experience styles; street-jazz, hip-hop, and musical theatre. Performing in 2 urban pantomimes Alice in Wonderland [2014] and The Wizard of Oz [2015], 2 Dance Showcases, Dynamix; a dance performance [2015] and Dynamix; The history of cinema [2016] and 1 musical, devised by the performing arts students 'Don't you know who I am’ [2016]. Alongside college, I performed in C and C dances show ‘let's go to the movies’ [2016]
University Life
I went on to study at the University of Winchester where across the 3 years I participated in 3 End of the year shows one at the Theatre Royal in Winchester and 2 at The Point Theatre in Eastleigh. Performing pieces choreographed by Debbie Lee-Anthony and Shaun Smith (a member of Zoonation) [2017], Caroline Hotchkiss and Lila dance [2018] and Christopher Mathews - Hutchings and Shaun Smith [2019]. Throughout the 3 years, I was honored to work with several other artists and companies including; Luke Brown, Avant Garde Dance co., Lila dance co., Maximilian Jarish, Mikey Ureta and Blue Apple theatre company.
In my final year of studies, I took on the role of Show/ Technical manager of the university's dance company D@win. My position in D@win has given me valuable skills in the setup and preparation for a dance tour. In this role I took care of video and sound editing, liaising with choreographers and the stage management team to put together the D@win tour and Showcase.
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Alongside my studies I participated in Lets dance a sub-society of Performing Arts Winchester, during this time I performed in 6 lets dance showcases, 1 charity event and ‘P.A.W presents ‘A chorus line’ [2019]. Not only did I perform with P.A.W I got the opportunity to be the Let's Dance Ballet Teacher [2017-2018] where I taught beginners and advanced ballet and choreographed 2 showpieces for each level. As an additional part of that role, I participated in P.A.W's charity event 'Strictly paw’ [2017] as a professional, where the event raised funds for PHA UK.
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In my final year, I was asked to choreograph and perform in a film piece based on Shakespeares Hamlet and the various renditions of Hamlet.
Currently, I work part-time as a fitness instructor for shapers ladies only gyms, which has allowed me to increase my knowledge of health and wellbeing, whilst maintaining my own physique. In this chapter of my career, I have enjoyed helping women with their own personal health goals, creating my own dance fitness classes and learning new exercises.
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My mission is to share my love for dance in all its forms; by focusing on how advancements in technology can increase our perception of dance and the concepts it brings awareness to. My work as part of Illuminous Illusions and D@win Dance co. has increased my knowledge and love for the merge of dance and technology. I believe the cohesion of the fields allows for a wider range of choreographic tools at an artist's disposal and allows their work to be perceived in a more complex and layered way.