Emily Aslin

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

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, 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. I am a Summa Cum Laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program with majors in Dance and Political Science.

Currently, I am a company dancer with LaneCoArts, a collaborator with Synchronous, and I freelance with companies such as Kizuna Dance. I was recently 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.

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. 

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. 

Photo: @stephaniecrousillatphotography