WORK

DIRECTOR | CHOREOGRAPHER | CREATOR

Lounging

Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball

Performers: Sutton Anker, Max Aylin, Dazzmin Brown, Kathryn Dudley, Natalie Jackson, Rain Peruggi, Jessica Riggs, Laura Singer-Fox, Allie Frandsen, Greg Morgan (Created in collaboration with the dancers of Life/Art Dance Ensemble)
Music: Romare, Inspired by the work of Ross Gay

Part 1 in Convergence | Life/Art Dance Ensemble | Northglenn, CO | October, 2024

Part 2 in Holiday SpecTAPular | Rocky Mountain Rhythm | Boulder, CO | December, 2024

Parts 1 & 2 in Body Speak | Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | February, 2025

So Your Mom and Dad Broke Up: A (Not At All Misguided) Comfort Extravaganza!

Director: Alex Romberg

Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball

Denver Fringe Festival | The People’s Building | Aurora, CO | 2024

Ron-Doh

Director and Performer: Emma S. Kimball
Music Rondo in D, K. 485 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Yvonne Loriod

Photos: Adam Riggs

The Shack shows

Watch the trailer here
Event Produced by: Emma S. Kimball
Featuring new works by: Joy Prendergast, Frances Lister, Cas Crook, Emma S. Kimball
Video/Photography by: Interstellar Illuminations

In and around the “Cozy Shacks” at Wolverine Farm in Fort Collins, CO | May 2021

Interstate Longing

Watch the short movement film here
Conceived, choreographed, performed and filmed by Emma S. Kimball, Bailey Ostdiek, and Genevieve Waterbury
Directed and edited by Emma S. Kimball
Music by Animal Collective
Filmed in Fort Collins, CO; Minneapolis, MN; and Santa Fe, NM

Interstate Longing explores long-distance friendship, rituals of connection, and the power of place. We are friends, artistic collaborators, colleagues, and moving bodies who find ourselves far away from each other. But still we meet.

Convergence | Life/Art Dance Ensemble | Virtual | October 2020

dandelion

watch the silent film here
Director and Creator: Emma S. Kimball
Music Performed and Written by Hilary Freeman & Margaret Freeman
Performer and Co-Choreographer: Frances Lister
Inspired by the film "Un Chien Andalou" by ‎Luis Buñuel

The Good Neighbor: A Work in Progress

A puppet in the style of Bread and Puppet Theater
Designed and Constructed by: Emma S. Kimball
Created in collaboration with: Frances Lister, Bailey Ostdiek, Anna Henning, John Erickson

Drive Through Art Show | The Fifth Exit with Wolverine Farm | Fort Collins, CO | Summer 2020

Love and The Wind

a short lyrical film
WATCH at this link

Written and Produced by: Noah Kaplan
Music Composed and Performed by: Joe D’Esposito
Cinematography: Matt Mooney and Adrienne Thomas
Audio Recording and Mix by: Carmine Gabiannelli
Choreography by Emma Kimball and Noah Kaplan
Color Grading by Matt Mooney
Emma S. Kimball as Love
Noah Kaplan as Wind

World Premiere at Process in Motion | Stain’d Arts and MOVE! Dance Space and Arts Center | Feb. 2020

MEDEA

(in process)

Director/Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball
Performer/Collaborator: Bailey Ostdiek
Music: "Raging Lung" by The Knife
Based on Medea by Euripides translated by Ian Johnston and James Morewood
Photography Credit: Jason Pacini

V.0 The Orchard Project Core Company | Saratoga Springs, NY | Summer 2015
V.1 WOMEN WORKING at the Fort Collins Fringe Festival | Fort Collins, CO | July 2018

Peaches

(in process)

Director/Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball
Performers: Genevieve Waterbury, Shannon McGee, Emma S. Kimball
Video Design: John Erickson
Music: Billie Holiday recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival
Archival Photography: Sara Strimpel

Searching For

Created by Emma S. Kimball & Noah Kaplan

Choreographer/Performer: Emma S. Kimball
Poet/Performer: Noah Kaplan

(Projection)

By Amelia Parenteau
Director: Emma S. Kimball

Video Design: John Erickson | Costume Design: Susanne Houstle | Lighting Design: Cody Richardson
Scenic Design: Andrew Dobbie | Stage Manager: Raquel Loving
Performers: Tony Curtis, Maddie Fischer, Malcom Opoku, Thomas Vieljeux, Marielle Young

Produced by Emma S. Kimball & Amelia Parenteau
Archival Photography: Bre Northrup

Dixon Place | New York, NY | Apr. 2016

Theme & Variations

Choreographer & Performer: Emma S. Kimball
Music: Maria Lindal

Inner Voices Front Range Contemporary Ballet | Fort Collins Lincoln Center | Fort Collins, CO | Feb. 2020

Thom Pain (based on nothing)

Director: Emma S. Kimball
Performer: Roger Miller
Playwright: Will Eno
Producers: SSBKLYN

SSBKLYN House Party | Brooklyn, NY | Mar. 2016

Rhinbecca, NY

Created and Performed by: Theater Reconstruction Ensemble
Conceived and Directed by: John Kurzynowski
Assistant Director/Producing Intern: Emma S. Kimball

Performers: Harlan Alford, Nathaniel Basch-Gould, Sam Corbin, Emily Marro, Anastasia Olowin, Jon Riddleberger, Lauren Swan-Potras
Additional Text: Alex Kveton | Producing Director: Reed Whitney | Scenic Design: Jonathan Cottle | Sound Design: Alex Hawthorn
Lighting Design: Marika Kent | Costume Design: Joseph Wolfslau | Stage Manager: Nic Adams | Production Manager: Markus Paminger
Asst. Lighting Designer / Master Electrician: Brian Abbott | Co-Sound Designer / Sound Op: Adrianna Brannon
Press Rep: David Gibbs / DARR Publicity | Photography: Suzi Sadler

The Brick | Brooklyn, NY | Mar. 2016

Orestes 2.0

By Charles Mee
Director: Sanaz Ghajarahimi
Assistant Director/Co-Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball
Co-Choreographer: Blake Miller | Video & Projections Designer: Alex Koch | Scenic Design: Roger Hanna | Costume Design: Devin Anders
Lighting Design: Andrew McIntyre | Sound Design: Price Johnston | Stage Manager: Nichole Killion

Colorado State University Theatre Program | Studio Theater | Fort Collins, CO | Oct. 2013

The Evil Dead: The Musical

Director: Walt Jones
Co-Director/Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball

Music Direction: David Hörger | Scenic Design: Maggie Seymour | Costume Design: Janelle Sutton | Lighting Design: Andy Killion
Property Design: Brittany Lealman | Makeup Design: Siobhan Gleason | Projection Design: Price Johnston
Sound Design: Parker Stegmaier | Fight Choreography: Bryan Connolly | Production Stage Manager: Tory Sheppard
Producing Technical Director: Nathan Cory Seymour

Principle Casting: Seth Klusmire, Emma Schenkenberger, Meghan Connor, Jake Knowles, Annie Marshall, Kryssi Miller,
Brenna Otts, Ben Hilzer, Jack Krause

Colorado State University Theatre Program | University Theater | Fort Collins, CO | Apr. 2012

Tension

Choreographer/Performer: Emma S. Kimball
Music: Philip Glass

An Attempt at Conversation

Choreographer: Emma S. Kimball
Performer/Collaborator: Jenna Smith
Music: Ornette Coleman

5x5 at The Fort Collins Fringe Festival | Fort Collins, CO | 2019