Emma Jayne Park is an experienced performer, choreographer, deviser, dancer and physical theatre practitioner with a strong practice routed in collaboration and facilitation. They only became aware of the role of a Movement Director aged 31 (2016), and have worked in various capacities as a Movement Director ever since.

They are proudly self taught and eager to explore what the role means in an ever-evolving Scotland and cultural landscape, with a particular focus on how using the full potential of bodies and physical language can bridge the class divides inherited and still prominent in theatre today.

Emma specialises in gender play, intimacy, contact work, and the extremes of realism and absurdism. As well as being particularly interested in undertaking projects which explore the themes prominent in their wider work - failure, belonging, intimacy, euphoria, class, cultural relations, feminism and anti-capitalism.

With a background in devising, Emma works best in collaborative environments and when working closely with the creative team to understand what is required from a Movement Director in each production - unique to it’s aims, style, resource and scale. They also prefer to be in the room as often as possible, and can discuss how to make this happen where budgets do not support this, because they believe the most interesting details of a character, narrative, language, or scene change are often revealed when doing something else.

Skills they bring include physical dramaturgy, developing movement sequences, physical storytelling, character work, intimacy coordination and integrating the set and scene changes effectively to build a clear physical world. They are also experienced working with community casts and young people, in ‘professional’ settings.

Emma loves to drink tea and discuss the potential of theatre.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch +44 (0) 781 685 2315.