Leadership & Staff
EMILY HAUSSLER
Artistic & Executive Director
Emily Haussler (she/her) is the Artistic and Executive Director of RESILIENCE Dance Company (RDC), founded in 2019 in St. Louis, MO. Overall, her work centers on building healthier, more sustainable dance communities by equipping dancers with resources for their mental health, physical wellbeing, and artistic success. She believes in the power of collaboration and in challenging the toxic norms of the dance world, seeking to create engaging, visceral dance works inside of healthy dance spaces. In her six years leading RESILIENCE, Emily has created six evening-length works, commissioned over twenty new dances, helped to curate and present twenty-five regional choreographers, and created paid opportunities for more than one hundred artists.
Board of Directors
Gray Wilde
President and Secretary
Christina Cacciatore
Treasurer
Leah Cordiano-Siemens
Vice President
Advisory Board
Holly Seitz Marchant
Allyson Ditchey
Elyse Guttmann
Brittni Johnson
Staff
Jorrell
Lawyer-Jefferson
Rehearsal Director
Ashlynn Woelbling
Executive Assistant, Summer Programs Coordinator
Chrissy Clair
Costume Manager
Abbi LeBaube
Social Media Manager
Emmi Small
Social Media Team
Alice Anders
Technical Director
