Emily Aslin

I am a Seattle-born freelance dance artist and choreographer with an appetite for movement and creation. 

As the youngest-turned-middle child in an expansive family, I grew up attuned to small interactions between individuals around me. I became captivated by their relationships and questioned their motives. As a dancer and choreographer I remain curious. Movement is how I research.  

I studied with Ensemble Ballet Theatre before training in the Academy program at Spectrum Dance Theater under Donald Byrd. Through my training and beyond I have worked with choreographers such as Donald Byrd, Jamar Roberts, Cameron McKinney, Lane Gifford, Marion Sparber, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Alexander Anderson, Natalie Lo'Monte, Jaclyn Wheatley, Eva Stone, and Felix Landerer. I have spent summers at b12, the Donald Byrd Workshop, the Ailey Intensive, the Kizuna Dance Intensive, and the VIM VIGOR Intensive among others. In May of 2022, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program with majors in Dance and Political Science.

Currently, I am a company dancer with LaneCoArts with whom I recently performed at the Spring to Dance Festival in St. Louis, Palm Desert Choreography Festival in California, and Battery Dance Festival in New York. I also dance with Terre Collective, have performed with Kizuna Dance, and danced with Buglisi Dance Theater. I was an artist in residence at Carroll Hall in Brooklyn, NY  February 2024 and in August I traveled to Japan with Kizuna Dance for a residency and performance project between Cameron McKinney and Toru Shimazaki. I am also a collaborator with Synchronous, a creative lab and performance group founded by Stephanie Shin united by a shared desire to collaborate and perform. 

In November 2023, Synchronous premiered a work of my creation entitled "Recognition". I choreographed UTILITY in collaboration with Stephanie Shin  for an interactive performance with Emissary Quartet at the Blue Building, NY in April 2024. Synchronous participated in a residency in Provincetown, MA at TwentySummers, May 2024.

In November 2024 I incorporated Aslin Projects as a non-profit organization in the state of New York as a research and project space for contemporary dance. I am thrilled for what lies ahead.

Photo: Cassie Dietrich