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Laetiçia Emmanuel is a New York-based teaching artist and Pilates Instructor. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in New York, Laetiçia received her early movement training at a local dance school. At age 16, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Long Island High School for the Arts and continued her professional training at The Ailey School and California Institute for the Arts. She holds a BFA in Arts Management with a Minor in Dance and Theater Arts from Long Island University.

Laetiçia has worked with Christal Brown, Noemie LaFrance and Sebastian Sabatier-Curial. Film credits include Davis Lacy’s documentary “The African Burial Ground Project” and Jim Augustine’s award-winning short film, “The Audition.” Laetiçia is a guest faculty member at Broadway Dance Center and she has taught Master Classes for the school’s Educational Programming Department.

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laetiçia emmanuel

DANCE | PILATES | LIGHT

CONCERT DANCE

FILM + TELEVISION

EDUCATION + TRAINING

The Ailey School Independent Study Program

Disney-Lund School of Dance, California Institute of the Arts

Urban Bush Women Apprenticeship & Teaching Workshop

Broadway Dance Center (hip hop, street jazz, theater, contemporary, ballet)

Dance New Amsterdam (contemporary, modern, afro-fusion)

INSTRUCTION

Long Island High School for the Arts Scholarship (1999, 2000)

California Institute of the Arts First Year Grant, School of Dance (2001)

AWARDS

Private Pilates Coach, through out New York City area
Pilates Mat Instructor, Broadway Dance Center

Master Teacher, Department of Educational Programming, Broadway Dance Center

Modern Teaching Assistant, Children & Teen Program, Broadway Dance Center

Dance Education Lab Workshops, Harkness Foundation for Dance Education

Pilates Mat and Apparatus Certification Program, Pilates Sports Center

Pilates Apprenticeship, Body In Motion Pilates Studio

DESIGN + STAGE MANAGEMENT

BFA in Arts Management, Minor in Dance and Theater Arts, 2006
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

New York, NY

Valencia, CA

New York, NY

New York, NY
New York, NY

New York, NY

Elementary French and Creole, amateur alto saxophone and harmonica, singing (vocal range: soprano), whistling, dance improvisation, partnering, street jazz, hip hop, simple gymnastics, basic aerial experience (silks, trapeze, trampoline), yoga, hula hoop, climbing, running, bicycling, rollerblading, cheerleading, modeling, sewing, smiling.

ETC.

Ensemble

Tower/Apple Heels, Flying Fish. Naganuma Dance. Darcy Naganuma, choreographer, East River Park Amphitheater, NY.

Ensemble

Dreams & Visions. INSPIRIT, a dance company. Christal Brown, choreographer. Kaatsbaan International Arts Center, Tivoli, NY.

Harnasie/Król Roger. Noemie LaFrance, choreographer, Lech Majewski, director. Sosnoff Theater at the Fischer Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

Ensemble

AGORA II. Noemie LaFrance, choreographer. McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NY.

H U G (Helping Us Grieve) Performance Installation and Film. Conceived and directed by Julie Troost. Various locations around New York.

Amazons & Wicker Warriors. Sasha Deveaux, choreographer. Center for the Performing Arts at Purchase University, NY.

Three. Sebastian Sabatier-Curial, choreographer. Florence Gould Hall, New York, NY.

Ensemble

Citywide Summerstage Arts Festival

Kaatsbaan Performance

Residency

Bard SummerScape Music

Festival

Deveaux&Co. Dance Theater

Conflux Festival

Sens Production|Noemie LaFrance

Saba Dance Theater

Brookville, NY

:pushing progress Choreography Showcases

On the Way to Timbuktu

terraNOVA Collective Groundbreakers Series

Broadway Underground

The American Living Room Festival

Marathon 30: Series C

Six

Origin, Detours: Synthesis Dance Project Showcase

ASM

Stage Manager

ASM

Stage Manager

Lighting Designer

Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, New York, NY. Calen Kurka & Chris Hale, producers.

Hudson Guild Theater, New York, NY. Tracie Stanfield, producer.

B.B. Kings, New York, NY. Jared Grimes & DeWitt Fleming, producers.

The Culture Project, New York, NY. Jeannette Plourde (On Camera), director.

Ensemble Studio Theater, New York, NY. Talvin Wilks, director. Jennifer Connely-Darling, SM.

Ensemble Studio Theater, New York, NY. Linsay Firman (Flowers) & Jonathan Bernstein (A Very Very Short Play), directors. Jeff Davolt, SM.

HERE Arts Center, New York, NY. Isabella Bruno (Quirk), choreographer.

Milagro Theater, New York, NY. Jon Kern (A Dose of Reality), director. Jay Koepke, SM

MIGROS “I Am” Commercial

Ezra Reich Music Video, “Emily”

H U G Installation Film

Oprah’s Legends Ball, “A Bridge to Now” Film

The African Burial Ground Project

The Audition

Featured Dancer

Voice Over Actress

Featured Dancer

Featured Actress

Ensemble

Directed by Thomas C. Dirnhofer, produced by Weiner Klappe Filmproduktion.

Directed by Steve Birnbaum.

Conceived and directed by Julie Troost with Jessye McDowell.

Produced by MaggieVision Productions.

Directed by Madison Davis Lacy, produced by Amaze Design, Inc.

Written, directed & choreographed by Jim Augustine.

Laetiçia Emmanuel

hello@laeticiaemmanuel.com

+1 (516) 376-2539

photo: arkady nemerovsky

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