Raised by the sea in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Emma Kerson is a dance artist, choreographer, outside eye, and teacher. Her work has been developed in residencies thanks to adelheid, Arts Orillia, Citadel + Compagnie, Halifax Dance, Mocean Dance, MOonhORsE Dance Theatre, the National Ballet of Canada, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, and Shawbrook Residential (Ireland). She has been commissioned and presented by platforms across Canada. She is the 2023 recipient of the Diane Moore Creation Award. In 2019 she founded Bare Nerve with Jane-Alison McKinney; their work “hard wire” has been presented across Ontario throughout 2023 and 2024. Emma has interpreted works by artists including Julia Aplin, Patricia Beatty, Elizabeth Chitty, Jennifer Dallas, Robert Desrosiers, David Earle, Sylvain Émard, Lisa Phinney-Langley, Michael Sean Marye, Alyssa Martin, Jane-Alison McKinney, Sharon B. Moore, Peter Randazzo, Simon Renaud, and Tedd Robinson. She is a graduate of Dalhousie University (B.A.), The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and the University of Toronto (M.A.). Emma is the current co-Artistic Director of Kinetic.