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Born in Arizona, and raised in Vermont, USA, Emily Welther holds a bachelor’s degree in Drama from the Experimental Theater Wing of New York University, and a bachelor’s degree in Dance/Dance-Making from the European Dance Development Center, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
She has been educated as a yoga teacher at the Soboco Yoga Institute Cologne and has completed her Master of Performance Practices at ArtEZ in Arnhem in September 2021.
Since moving to Cologne, Germany in 2004, Emily has worked extensively as a dancer/performer in the freelance scene there and throughout Europe, and has recently been performing her own work at festivals in the Netherlands and Northern Ireland.
She currently experiments with live and digital performance and sonic installations, exploring the sounds that emerge when the human body and its environment come in closest contact.
Emily Welther wurde in Arizona geboren und wuchs in Vermont (USA) auf. Sie studierte Schauspiel an der New York University sowie Tanz und Choreografie am European Dance Development Center in Arnheim (Niederlande). Zudem absolvierte sie eine Ausbildung zur Yogalehrerin am Soboco Yoga Institute in Köln und schloss 2021 ihren Master in Performance Practices an der ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnheim ab.
Education
March 27, 1998
1998 – 2002
Experimental Theater Wing, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (BA in Drama)
Works
Performer/Dancer
May 19, 2026
2017-2019
FreiRaum Ensemble / Arthur Shopa and Ruben Reniers, Factory Heeder, Krefeld; Odonien, Cologne Here I Am, Solo+
January 1, 2010
2010–2024
Barbara Fuchs / Tanzfuchs ProduktionBarnes Crossing e.V., Cologne; festivals throughout Europe and Japan; West Wind; Oldenburger TanztageHeadwalkers, Munch!, Buckets of Feelings!, Pffhhh…, Piece of Paper, Fette Kette, Dingsbums, Foyer, Mood Swing, Disorder, PlusMinus, Mischpoke
January 1, 2005
2005–2014
Resonance II, Consequences, Ripple Affect, Motion EnsembleEcho Echo Dance Theater Ensemble, Derry/Londonderry
Own Work
May 19, 2026
2011
Scholarship of the State Ministry for Culture and Science NRW Solo in collaboration with Echo Echo Dance Theater / Ursula Lauebli It Just Might Be Enough, Derry/Londonderry, N. Ireland
January 1, 2024
2024
RAIN RAINS UP as Gemneye (with Irina Baldini) 4bid Gallery Amsterdam; Barnes Crossing Köln e.V. reflections Film ECC Performance Art VR Gallery VestAndPage’s online Masterclass
January 1, 2023
2023
equilibrium Emily Welther with Daniel Brandl Echo Echo Festival of Movement and Dance, Derry, N. Ireland Through a Portal with Irina Baldini Kunstkapel Amsterdam; 4bid Gallery Amsterdam Performance at 4bidden sounds / 4bidden spaces with Irina Baldini and daz disley 4bid Gallery
January 1, 2022
2022
Body Matters Under Scars Performance Opera with VestAndPage Forte Marghera; Plaza de Mora, Venice
January 1, 2021
2021
I N T E R F A C E; a digital performance in shared time Emily Welther with Daniel Brandl, cello + fx Echo Echo Festival of Movement and Dance, Derry, N. Ireland (online) Landscape of Liveness performance, sound, video Master of Performance Practices Final Performance Landscape of Liveness (online version) online performance for “Cutting […]
January 1, 2019
2019–2020
OHNE time Emily Welther with Tardigrad Duo and Barbara Schröer Kulturbunker Mülheim Nominated for Cologne Dance Prize 2019
January 1, 2018
2018
FLAW / MAKELEmily Welther with Tardigrad Duotanz.tausch Festival Cologne; Barnes Crossing e.V.
January 1, 2017
2017–2018
D O O REmily Welther with Giuseppe Mautone (percussion)Barnes Crossing e.V., Cologne
January 1, 2011
2011
It Just Might Be EnoughSolo with Echo Echo Dance Theater / Ursula LauebliDerry/Londonderry, N. IrelandScholarship NRW
January 1, 2010
2010–2015
Mira 1–4Julia Riera; Julia FrankenBarnes Crossing; Arkadas Theater; Kunsthaus Rhenania; Kolumba Museum, Cologne
January 1, 2007
2007–2010
This is Serious StuffCrap Girls / Melina Seldes, Maite LarranetaCologne; Essen; Madrid; Buenos Aires
Teachings
January 1, 2021
2021–2024
Dance and dance-film coursesIch tanze aus mir heraus; Move! On! Camera!Berufskolleg Bergheim
January 1, 2014
2014–2017
UrbanMachen and dance accomplicesOGS GGS Nibelungen Str., Cologne with Marion Dieterle and Barbara Schröer (Chance Tanz)Falling; My point of view; School Upside Down; Around And in the Middle – Let Me Show You My World; Where We Meet
January 1, 2014
2014
Home PinaFriedrich-Albert-Lange-Schule Solingen with students from FALS and University of England, Leeds
January 1, 2005
2005–2010
School No. 1; Money Money Money; Book of FacesSpinaTheatre Solingen / Olek Witt; City Theater Solingen; Festivals and awards Europe-wide
May 19, 2026
2017-2019
FreiRaum Ensemble / Arthur Shopa and Ruben Reniers, Factory Heeder, Krefeld; Odonien, Cologne Here I Am, Solo+
January 1, 2010
2010–2024
Barbara Fuchs / Tanzfuchs ProduktionBarnes Crossing e.V., Cologne; festivals throughout Europe and Japan; West Wind; Oldenburger TanztageHeadwalkers, Munch!, Buckets of Feelings!, Pffhhh…, Piece of Paper, Fette Kette, Dingsbums, Foyer, Mood Swing, Disorder, PlusMinus, Mischpoke
January 1, 2005
2005–2014
Resonance II, Consequences, Ripple Affect, Motion EnsembleEcho Echo Dance Theater Ensemble, Derry/Londonderry
May 19, 2026
2011
Scholarship of the State Ministry for Culture and Science NRW Solo in collaboration with Echo Echo Dance Theater / Ursula Lauebli It Just Might Be Enough, Derry/Londonderry, N. Ireland
January 1, 2024
2024
RAIN RAINS UP as Gemneye (with Irina Baldini) 4bid Gallery Amsterdam; Barnes Crossing Köln e.V. reflections Film ECC Performance Art VR Gallery VestAndPage’s online Masterclass
January 1, 2023
2023
equilibrium Emily Welther with Daniel Brandl Echo Echo Festival of Movement and Dance, Derry, N. Ireland Through a Portal with Irina Baldini Kunstkapel Amsterdam; 4bid Gallery Amsterdam Performance at 4bidden sounds / 4bidden spaces with Irina Baldini and daz disley 4bid Gallery
January 1, 2022
2022
Body Matters Under Scars Performance Opera with VestAndPage Forte Marghera; Plaza de Mora, Venice
January 1, 2021
2021
I N T E R F A C E; a digital performance in shared time Emily Welther with Daniel Brandl, cello + fx Echo Echo Festival of Movement and Dance, Derry, N. Ireland (online) Landscape of Liveness performance, sound, video Master of Performance Practices Final Performance Landscape of Liveness (online version) online performance for “Cutting […]
January 1, 2019
2019–2020
OHNE time Emily Welther with Tardigrad Duo and Barbara Schröer Kulturbunker Mülheim Nominated for Cologne Dance Prize 2019
January 1, 2018
2018
FLAW / MAKELEmily Welther with Tardigrad Duotanz.tausch Festival Cologne; Barnes Crossing e.V.
January 1, 2017
2017–2018
D O O REmily Welther with Giuseppe Mautone (percussion)Barnes Crossing e.V., Cologne
January 1, 2011
2011
It Just Might Be EnoughSolo with Echo Echo Dance Theater / Ursula LauebliDerry/Londonderry, N. IrelandScholarship NRW
January 1, 2010
2010–2015
Mira 1–4Julia Riera; Julia FrankenBarnes Crossing; Arkadas Theater; Kunsthaus Rhenania; Kolumba Museum, Cologne
January 1, 2007
2007–2010
This is Serious StuffCrap Girls / Melina Seldes, Maite LarranetaCologne; Essen; Madrid; Buenos Aires
January 1, 2021
2021–2024
Dance and dance-film coursesIch tanze aus mir heraus; Move! On! Camera!Berufskolleg Bergheim
January 1, 2014
2014–2017
UrbanMachen and dance accomplicesOGS GGS Nibelungen Str., Cologne with Marion Dieterle and Barbara Schröer (Chance Tanz)Falling; My point of view; School Upside Down; Around And in the Middle – Let Me Show You My World; Where We Meet
January 1, 2014
2014
Home PinaFriedrich-Albert-Lange-Schule Solingen with students from FALS and University of England, Leeds
January 1, 2005
2005–2010
School No. 1; Money Money Money; Book of FacesSpinaTheatre Solingen / Olek Witt; City Theater Solingen; Festivals and awards Europe-wide
Music / Releases
Upcoming Live Dates
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 20, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Residency Finland with Irina Baldini
Humppila, 31640 Humppila, Finland
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July 26, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Performance "Artist Temporary Cultures"
Barker-teatteri yhdistys ry, Linnankatu 31 4. kerros, 20100 Turku, Finland
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July 27, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Performance "Fine Line"
Barker-teatteri yhdistys ry, Linnankatu 31 4. kerros, 20100 Turku, Finland
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