Emily Small: Dancers Making Moves

Emmi Small (she/her) grew up in Newport, RI training at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet. Emmi is currently performing as a company dancer with Resilience Dance Company and Ballet 314, both of St. Louis, MO. She holds a BFA in Dance and BS in Public Health from University of Massachusetts Amherst (2019), where she studied ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, composition, ballroom, improvisation, contact improvisation, and West African. She has also performed with the St. Louis Dance Theatre, Newport Contemporary Ballet, and Emily Duggins Dance Project. She’s had the pleasure of performing choreography by Shannon Gillen and Jason Cianciulli of VIM VIGOR, Rosanna Tavarez, David Dorfman, Maria Blanco & Yariana Baralt Torres of LOUD BODIES, Mike Esperanza, Annie Rigney, Kia Smith, Rosanna Tavarez, Miki Ohlsen, Danielle Genest, Victoria Lynn Awkward, Cassie Wang, Emily Duggins Ehling, Emilia Sandoval, Thomas Vacanti, Barbie Diewald, Jen Pollins, Goeff Alexander, Paul Dennis, Betsi Graves, Emily Duggins Ehling, Jackie Nowicki, Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Staycee Pearl, Donna Salgado, and Ted Thomas & Francis Ortiz. When she’s not performing, you can find Emmi developing her own choreography. In the spring of 2022, Emmi choreographed a duet titled "Just Now" which premiered at the Chapel Venue. In February of 2024, Emmi’s piece “Role Reversal” premiered on the St. Louis Dance Theatre trainees. Most recently, she premiered a new work through Resilience Dance Company in February of 2025. She is also the social media coordinator at Resilience Dance Company, a certified STOTT Pilates instructor, and dance instructor for students aged three through adult! You can find her at Freeman Pilates, Central Studio, St. Louis Academy of Dance, and Turning Pointe Academy of Dance teaching Pilates, ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and contemporary.Follow @dancers.making.moves on Instagram and Facebook and learn more about the artists involved in this project at www.dancersmakingmoves.com.