Emily Bryan is a dance educator, choreographer and performer. She
holds an MFA in Dance from the University of New
Mexico and a BA in Dance and English from Gustavus Adolphus College. Emily has a passion for dance education and
seeks to inspire and challenge her students to grow both physically in their technique and performance, and
academically in their understanding of dance as an art form. She has taught in higher education at The University of
New Mexico and Red Rocks Community College. She has taught in the public school sector, as the founding dance
teacher at Parker Performing Arts School in Parker, CO. Emily has also served as a teaching artist in outreach
programs at Colorado Ballet, in community and pre-professional programs at Keshet Dance Company in Albuquerque, NM,
and in the private sector at Greater San Antonio Academy of Ballet in San Antonio, TX, among others. As a lover of all things surrounding the arts, Emily also has experience in arts administration. She has held press
and marketing positions at Keshet Dance Company, Lincoln Arts Council, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts and American Dance Festival. Emily, her husband Austen, and two children, Addison and Jackson, recently moved
to Omaha after 10 years of life in the Air Force. They are thrilled to be back in the “good life” and
putting down roots in this great community!