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.

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