Emily Michaels King

2025 Choreography FELLOW

Photo credit: Dan Norman

Emily Michaels King is an interdisciplinary performing artist based in St. Paul, Minnesota, exploring authentic expression and human depth through movement, multimedia, and visual compositions for the stage. Emily is known for her fearless personal work, provocative style, and collaged evening-length solo performances, including: her award winning show MAGIC GIRL, multimedia online work DIGITAL; IN PERSON, a companion to DIGITAL; the raucous CHICKEN WING, which was featured in Red Eye Theater’s 2023 New Works 4 Weeks Festival, and STAR KEEPER. An in-progress version of her piece, ELECTRIC, was performed at Arena Dance’s 2022 CandyBox Festival. Additionally, her work has been presented at the Walker Art Center, the Guthrie Theater, and Movement Research, among others. 

Pairing minimalism and subtlety with cacophony and bared irreverence, Emily’s works employ the lush landscape of the inner world and the power of unapologetic vulnerability. They combine movement with text, graphics, sound, and technology to focus on themes of self discovery and reclamation, womanhood, and bold expressions of personal truth. 
www.emilymichaelsking.com