Dancer Emily Dobson
Photographer Kevin Clifford
Dancer & Performer
Southwest-based Emily Dobson has been working as a freelance dance artist since 2001. She trained at University College Bretton Hall and since graduating with a BA Hons in contemporary dance has toured, choreographed and taught across the UK and N. Ireland.
Performance work has included Stephan Koplowitz and TaskForce (Camera Obscura project, 2009) Cscape Dance Company (Guilty Fingers, 2007; Below, 2008; Landings, 2005), , Attik Dance Company (Tangled, 2004/5), Assault Events (Shall We Dance, 2002; The Quest, 2003; A Fairy’s Tale, 2006; Alibi, 2006; Liaison, 2007), Motionhouse Dance Theatre (Road to the Beach, 2004) Geiko Physical Dance Theatre Company (Theatre of Science, 2005) and most recently Kneehigh Theatre with Cscape in Don John, 2009. Emily has created work for PYDC (Jumpers Playground, 2005). Landings (For the Fallen, 2005), Ulster University (Waiting on an Angel, 2006) and is currently working on her own solo work including a dance for camera collaboration with Cornish film maker Brett Harvey.
Emily has worked extensively in primary, secondary and further education and has delivered a variety of large and small-scale community projects as well as professional class for The Barbican Theatre, St Austell College, Ulster University, Northern Ireland and Dance in Devon. Project work has included Bugs (PYDC), The Big Picture (Random Dance Company and The Works) Wave Armada (Creative Partnerships) and she has also worked with TR2, The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth, Barnsley City Council, Dance NK (Lincolnshire) and co-choreographed the world’s first Boat Ballet with Helen Tiplady in Weymouth Town Harbour with the Wildcats speed boat racing team!
Emily also appears as part of a collection of Dancescapes, a series of photographs commissioned by Dance Southwest working with photographer Kevin Clifford who she also worked with for Dance in Devon magazine, producing a collection of fashion images.
Emily is committed to working locally, collaborating with other local artists and groups to create, deliver and promote high-quality performance and education work for current and future audiences.
// Guilty Fingers