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 and Vice President

Leah Cordiano-Siemens
Board Member
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