Emma Searles
Marketing Manager and Full Time Faculty Member/Choreographer
CIEB, BFA: DANCE, IDC-CDI, IDO-JL
Emma is a dancer, director, teacher and choreographer from Southern Ontario. She started dance at the age of three and went on to simultaneously enter the fields of both dance and business. Throughout her competitive career, Emma has won many scholarships and awards in Canada, The United States, South Africa and throughout Europe. Emma has both competed and coached internationally with the Canadian National Dance team and team Canada Dance at the IDO World Dance Championship in Poland, Germany, South African, Slovenia and Mexico.
Emma attended Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson University) in Toronto, ON and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts: Performance: Dance under the directors of Vicki St.Denys. During her time she worked with choreographers such as Alysa Piers, Guillaume Cote, Kunal Ranchod, Tanya Evidente and Valerie Salam. She also completed her Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Small Business at the Chang School of continuing Education.
Emma has a love for both the competitive world and performance world of dance. In hopes of bonding these two worlds together, Emma created and became the Artistic Director of CREO Dance Movement and VOLAR Dance Convention. CREO and VOLAR are Canadian- based dance incorporations dedicated to bonding the worlds of competitive dance, performance dance (conservative and commercial), celebrating student evolution and a commitment to their personal growth. These one-of-a-kind, convention based dance programs offer young dancers the opportunity to grow within multiple dance genres. Including ballet, jazz, modern, latin, West African, street styles, hip hop, contemporary and more!
Emma is a certified member of the International Dance Council and is an International Judge in ballet, jazz, modern & show dance with the International Dance Organization. In addition, she is also a certified member of the International Dance Council and is an international judge in ballet, jazz, modern and show-dance with the International Dance Organization. aIn addition, she has also attained her Grade V Cecchetti Ballet and has completed the British Association Teachers of Dancing exams in jazz, tap and aero. Emma is a competitive dance adjudicator, which allows her to bring the best training of dance to her students all over Canada and to countries across the world.
CREDITS: THE NEXT STEP EXTRA (SEASON 2, EPISODE 25), CANADA’S WALK OF FAME DANCER FOR KARDINAL OFFISHALL PRODUCED BY CLARENCE FORD.