Emily May is a British-born, Berlin-based arts writer and editor specialising in dance and performance. An alumna of Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance and a member of the Dance Section of the U.K. Critics' Circle, she regularly contributes to publications including The TLS, Frieze, ArtReview, Kinfolk, Dance Magazine, The Stage, Flash ...
Read MoreEmily May is a British-born, Berlin-based arts writer and editor specialising in dance and performance. An alumna of Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance and a member of the Dance Section of the U.K. Critics' Circle, she regularly contributes to publications including The TLS, Frieze, ArtReview, Kinfolk, Dance Magazine, The Stage, Flash Art, The Brooklyn Rail, and Springback Magazine, as well as organisations such as The Royal Opera House. Since 2021, she has led editorial projects at COLORSxSTUDIOS, where she launched and continues to manage a new editorial platform exploring global culture. Previously, she was an editor at Freunde von Freunden (FvF) online culture magazine and creative agency.
Emily is experienced in hosting post-show talks and panel discussions digitally and in person. She has moderated interviews for a variety of festivals including Aerowaves Springforward, Soundance Festival Berlin, and Czech Dance Platform, and participated in talks on dance writing as a panellist. Emily produces and hosts the Terpsichore podcast, interviewing leading women from the dance industry about their lives, careers, and the female dance pioneers that inspire them. To date, guests have included Venice Biennale Silver Lion winner Oona Doherty, Cunningham 3D documentary director Alla Kovgan, English National Ballet Associate Choreographer Stina Quagebeur, and Michael Clark company founding member Ellen van Schuylenburch.
Emily’s writing is informed by her own previous practical experiences in the dance industry. She has presented and spoken about her choreographic work at venues including Somerville College Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, and The Brewery Arts Centre, as well as in academic contexts for symposiums at Royal Holloway University (organised by the Society for Dance Research) and The University of Vienna.
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