Quick Facts

Born: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Trained: Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2022

Five Things to Know

1. 1Emerson was a member of Charlotte Ballet from 2020 to 2022. She has performed such featured roles as Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty during her first season with Charlotte Ballet.
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3. 2In 2017, Emerson was offered a full scholarship to train with the San Francisco Ballet School.
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5. 3Emerson started her first ballet classes in a barn. She trained for 10 years at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary.
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7. 4Emerson’s favourite role is Nora in Val Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House.
    
8. 5After working as a barista for three years, she has perfected her latte-making skills.

Favourite Ballets

1. 1Romeo and Juliet by John Cranko
    
2. 2After the Rain
    
3. 3Allegro Brillante
    
4. 4Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem by Trey McIntyre
    
5. 5Let’s Begin at The End by Dwight Rhoden

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