Over the course of 19 years of dance training, 7 of those years being competitive training and pre-professional training, Miss Emma earned numerous awards and judges’ accolades for work individually as well as with her teammates. Miss Emma has successfully completed her R.A.D. Ballet exams from Grade 2 to Grade 8 as well as the vocational levels from Intermediate Foundations to Advanced 1, while continuing to work on the completion of her Advanced 2. She also completed her I.S.T.D. exams from Intermediate Foundations up to Advanced 1 in Modern Theatre – Jazz as well as levels of Jazz Awards (Gold, Silver and Bronze) through the I.S.T.D.

Miss Emma attended several summer ballet intensive programs including Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, and Quinte Ballet School. Expanding her dance education, Miss Emma also attended regular ballet private coaching classes at the National Ballet School under the tutelage of Gerard McIsaac, as well as private coaching with Mercedes Bernardez and Sarah Koekkoek at the National Ballet Of Canada.

Miss Emma had been cast as part of Canada’s Ballet Jorgen’s Local Participants Program in their productions of The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition in 2015 and 2017; Sleeping Beauty in 2016; and Coppelia in 2019. Miss Emma also auditioned for, and was cast for a number of roles, in Hamilton City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker in 2016, under the artistic direction of Max Ratevosian and Melania Pawliw.
Miss Emma auditioned for, and was successfully placed on, World Performers Canada’s national team for the international Dance World Cup, 2020, in the genre of Ballet.

As a pre-professional dancer, Miss Emma relocated to Toronto, temporarily, for school at George Brown College for the full-time Performance Program which was a joint program that included full-time dance at Canada’s Ballet Jorgen. She has since been accepted to the joint Bachelor of Arts Dance Education program with the Royal Academy of Dance and University of Bath to continue her educational journey with dance and aid her in becoming a fully certified instructor with the R.A.D.

Miss Emma continues to train regularly, taking technique classes in the genres of Ballet and Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical and Contemporary.
Miss Emma began teaching at Footprints in 2023 and is excited to continue sharing her passion for dance!