As a dance artist I'm interested in making work that can capture moments of being and the thoughts in motion.

Life is an embodied experience through which I perceive myself and the world around me, by dancing I can see clearer what that is.

 

Born in Sweden, Emmalena Fredriksson received her training at Balettakademien in Umeå and at SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance) in Austria. She holds an MFA degree from Simon Fraser University and has presented choreographic work, performed and taught internationally with Daghdha Dance Company (IE), Pact Zollverein (DE) and Falmouth University (UK) among others.

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Based in Vancouver, Canada since 2013 her work has been presented in Dance in Vancouver's Choreography Walk curated by Justine A. Chambers, The DanceCentre's Discover Dance Series and at the Audain Gallery. Emmalena regularly teaches at Modus Operandi, Harbour Dance Centre and Training Society of Vancouver. Continuing her research into choreography as a relational practice in the expanded fields of dance, upcoming work includes collaborations with the visual art platform HAUNT, composer Alex Mah (EDAM) and a virtual reality dance film project.