BIO

Emelyn (Emy) Urdahl is a senior at Fordham University at Lincoln Center studying Dance and Economics. She is training with the Alvin Ailey / Fordham BFA program, and has performed in pieces choreographed by Alvin Ailey, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Adam Barruch, and Allison Cook Beatty. Emy has attended summer intensive programs at many institutions including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, The Martha Graham School, Doug Varone and Dancers, b12 Berlin, and Joffrey Ballet School. Before her time at The Ailey School, Emy attended Dance Arts Centre in Chanhassen, MN, where she trained in the styles of ballet, jazz, contemporary, pointe, tap, hip-hop, and musical theater. During her time at Dance Arts Centre, Emy danced in the main company of the studio’s pre-professional ballet company, La Danse Fatale, for five years, including performing as a soloist multiple times. Emy received the title of Tremaine Senior Female Dancer of the Year for the 2020-2021 season.

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EDUCATION

Fordham University at Lincoln Center September 2021-Present

Alvin Ailey/Fordham BFA Program

September 2021-Present

CURRENT DANCE TRAINING

Ballet Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
09/2021-Present
Horton Technique Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
09/2021-Present
Graham Technique Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
09/2022-Present

Other courses taken at The Ailey School: Contemporary, Jazz, Composition, Improvisation, Body Conditioning, Gyrokinesis, Hip Hop, Feldenkrais Method, Pointe, and Repertory.

Instructors: Caridad Martinez, Pedro Ruiz, Mikhail Ilyin, Lakey Evans-Peña, JoLea Maffei, Christine Daikin, Kevin Predmore, and Tracey Inman

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pangea Dance Collective:

Pangea Unearthed at Ballet Arts 2024

PAST DANCE TRAINING

Dance Arts Centre in Chanhassen, Minnesota from 2004-2021

Courses taken: Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Musical Theater

EDUCATION

Fordham University at Lincoln Center September 2021-Present

Alvin Ailey/Fordham BFA Program

September 2021-Present

CURRENT DANCE TRAINING

Ballet Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
09/2021-Present
Horton Technique Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
09/2021-Present
Graham Technique Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
09/2022-Present

Other courses taken at The Ailey School: Contemporary, Jazz, Composition, Improvisation, Body Conditioning, Gyrokinesis, Hip Hop, Feldenkrais Method, Pointe, and Repertory.

Instructors: Caridad Martinez, Pedro Ruiz, Mikhail Ilyin, Lakey Evans-Peña, JoLea Maffei, Christine Daikin, Kevin Predmore, and Tracey Inman

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pangea Dance Collective:

Pangea Unearthed at Ballet Arts 2024

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Memoria, choreographed by Alvin Ailey, restaged by Ronni Favors, New York City Center 2024

Snow Playground, choreographed by Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Ailey Citigroup Theater 2024

Night Creature, choreographed by Alvin Ailey, restaged by Renee Robinson, Ailey Citigroup Theater 2024

Mapping, choreographed by Darshan Singh Bhuller, Ailey Citigroup Theater 2023

The River (excerpt), choreographed by Alvin Ailey, restaged by Renee Robinson, Ailey Citigroup Theater 2023

Withering, choreographed by Julia Levina and Emelyn Urdahl, La Danse Fatale 20th Anniversary Showcase 2023

Gen Hope, choreographed by Allison Cook Beatty, Ailey Citigroup Theater 2022

Interaction Phases, choreographed by Adam Barruch, Ailey Citigroup Theater 2021

La Danse Fatale Annual Showcase: 2016-2020, choreographed by Julia Levina (solo and ensemble performances)

Green Garden, choreographed by Albert Blaise Cattafi, Jazz in AZ, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre 2018

Dance Arts Centre Annual Competitions: 2006-2020 (solo and ensemble performances)

SUMMER & WINTER PROGRAMS

Doug Varone and Dancers (DOVA) Summer Intensive 2024
Martha Graham School Summer Intensive 2024
b12 Berlin Workshop Festival 2024
Invitational Rockette Winter Intensive 2023
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago EXPLORE Intensive 2023
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company Summer Intensive 2022
Joffrey Ballet School 1-Week Summer Intensive, Los Angeles, CA 2015
Joffrey Ballet School 2-Week Summer Intensive, Athens, GA 2016
Joffrey Ballet School 3-Week Summer Intensive, Athens, GA 2017

AWARDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

Tony Awards Ticketing Internship: June 2024
Tremaine Senior Female Dancer of the Year: 2020-2021
DAC Award, Dance Arts Centre: 2020
The Line Up, dance, cheer, and skate costume model: 2019-Present
Tremaine Performance Company: 2021-2023