Jazz, Ballet, & Contemporary
Emily Millizer
Emily began dancing at the age of 4 in her hometown of Paducah, Kentucky. She spent her younger years as a competition dancer winning many regional and national titles throughout the years including Miss Teen Dance 2005 and Miss Dance 2006. In 2005, Emily attended the prestigious Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts in dance majoring in ballet. Emily pursued dancing out west at Arizona State University where she received the Special Talent Award for Dance. In the summer of 2008 Emily was a staff member for Universal Dance Association and in the summer of 2009 was selected as an intern with Broadway Dance Center and the Radio City Rockettes in New York City. Emily’s training was concentrated in ballet & modern and had the opportunity to study and train with an amazing set of faculty members and guest teachers and performed in companies such as Imation Dance company and Aaron McGloin Dance as well as performing in MFA performances, student showcases, and representing ASU in the American Collegiate Dance Festival in 2010. Emily was able to work exclusively with guest artists such as Elizabeth Johnson (Liz Lermann Dance Exchange), Cristian Duarte (PARTS graduate), Eileen Standley (Netherlands) and Ashleigh Leite (Stephen Petronio Dance Company) who choreographed her senior solo that debuted at Conder/Dance’s Breaking Ground in December of 2010.
In 2009, with the influence of Elizabeth Johnson, Emily became involved in community dance projects including a partnership with the ASU School of Sustainability about sustainable practices, a partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Arizona, and a project with the global Resilience 2011 conference.
This past May Emily graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a BFA in Dance Performance and a minor in Special Events Management. Emily is currently applying to the Fulbright Grant for 2012-2013 to dance with ICKamsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands and begin her research in arts advocacy and arts funding. Emily hopes with her research to bring home knowledge on how to expand and and support the arts even when excessive budget cuts are being made. In the meantime she is happily continuing her training and dancing with several places across the valley. Emily is excited to be back with the Studio 3 family for another exciting year!
Emily currently teaches teen ballet and jazz at Studio 3.
