Olivia Emert

Olivia Emert (she/her) is a passionate and intentional choreographer, creator, and mover. Emert graduated with her BFA in Performance and Choreography from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2021-2024, she has danced with Geometry’s second company: an LA based contemporary and movement research company directed by Mackenzie Martin. Furthering her work as a choreographer, Emert was selected as a Studio Resident with Charlotte Street. 

Emert continues to dance, create and teach throughout the Kansas City community, she has worked with Tristan Griffin Dance Company, Mortal Coil, Kansas City Open Pro Class, Kansas City Ballet, Modern Night, Charlotte Street Foundation, and Creative Intersections. Notably, her pieces “LEECHES” and “Intangible…” were commissioned for Creative Intersections founded by Cameron Thomas, supported by Kansas City Ballet and Owen Cox Dance Group. In 2022, Emert was a featured artist with the Making Moves series at Charlotte Street Foundation, producing her own evening length work, WOMB.DIRT.SKY. In her 2023-2025 Charlotte Street Studio Residency, she is using the opportunity as an incubator to create, research and explore new works. December of 2023, she produced and choreographed VESSEL an evening length work to spread conversation and awareness on mental health highlighting body dysmorphia. Emert is focusing diving into research of relationships, diving into emotional intellect, and creating different tangible environments throughout her work.