Her “choreography studies point and counterpoint, pedestrian movement embedded in sparkling classicism and twitchy, off-kilter transitions between solid technical tasks. The result is riveting.”
deseret news

Her “choreography studies point and counterpoint, pedestrian movement embedded in sparkling classicism and twitchy, off-kilter transitions between solid technical tasks. The result is riveting.”
deseret news
CHOREOGRAPHY
“Dancer-choreographer Emily Adams is a master at transitions. Her piece, ‘Forces At Play,’ was like a ballet turned inside out. The transitions from section to section were so clever they became subplots within the story until the end, which purposefully had no clear transition to close the piece.”
Salt Lake Tribune
“her musicality and quirkiness shine”
deseret news
Emily Adams is an American ballet dancer and choreographer.
Originally from Newtown, PA, she trained at the School of American Ballet before joining Ballet West II in 2005 and the main company in 2007. She was promoted to Principal Artist in 2015.
She began choreographing as a student, participating in the New York Choreographic Institute’s Spring Session 2004.
Emily has created six ballets for Ballet West. Her most recent work, The Thing with Feathers, featured an original score by Sundance Institute Fellow, Katy Jarzebowski.
She was awarded the Utah Arts Festival’s Choreographic Commission in 2017. Her creation, Laden, is now included in Ballet West II’s repertoire.
In August 2019, Emily collaborated with The Way of the Rain, Sibylle Szaggers Redford, and composer Tim Janis to create Earth Movements: A Symphony for Ballet. The ballet was presented at the UN 68th International NGO Conference.
” a fantastical collage of interactions….cast of eight dancers seemed to savor the quirkiness of Adams’ movement vocabulary—balletic phrases that were accented with flexed feet or rippling spinal articulations.”
utah arts review
“highly musical and witty”
“incredibly detailed and thought-provoking”
lovedancemore.org
“Choreographer-dancer Emily Adams did everything right in her ‘Mixed Signals,’ while also remaining structurally inventive.”
Salt Lake Tribune
She ” powerfully interpret[s] the complexity of human nature—examining the trusting, harmonious and creative sides of ourselves in addition to the destructive.”
The Utah Review
“The structure of [the ballet] was fascinating, and it wasn’t just skillful invention. The choreography within the piece was substantive and the performance of it was exceptionally clean.”
Salt Lake Tribune