EMMY WILDERMUTH is originally from Littleton, CO, where she began her dance training at the Belliston Academy of Ballet. In 2021, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with degrees in Modern Dance Performance and Professional Writing. While at OU, Emmy worked under the instruction of Austin Hartel, Roxanne Lyst, and Leslie Kraus and performed works by renowned artists such as Rena Butler, Jiri Kylian, Paul Taylor, and Alejandro Cerrudo. She has performed internationally with programs in Barcelona and Beijing. Throughout her professional career, Emmy has performed as a company member of Kizuna Dance, rogue wave, and NewBrese Dance Project in New York, Atlanta, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Emmy has also created a collection of works for stage and film which has been presented at festivals throughout the country under the collective name dance WILD. In 2023, Emmy and her collaborator, Catherine Messina, founded the unKEMpT Dance Festival with a mission to provide performance opportunities for artists, regardless of background or resources. In conjunction with this festival, the pair runs an affordable class series that provides a platform for New York-based movement artists to teach classes of a variety of styles at an accessible rate. Emmy joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Summer 2024.