EMMA RANEY

Company Artist with Identity since Fall 2024

Emma Raney, a Louisville, KY native, has studied a wide variety of movements, and focused her training on modern and contemporary techniques. Emma has had the privilege of dancing as a Company Artist with Venetia Stifler & Concert Dance Inc., Mutual Dance Theatre, and Exhale Dance Tribe, giving her the opportunity to perform original works by Victor Lewis, Jr., Edson Cabrera, Andrew and Missy Hubbard, and others. In 2023, Emma played the Dance/Picture Double for the lead in The Boxer and The Butterfly, directed by Lindsay Hartley, currently on Amazon Prime and Plex TV. She works closely with a non-profit gun violence foundation, the Whitney/Strong Organization, using art to share the stories of survivors and heroes. In addition to dance, she trains in aerial arts with Aerial Dance Chicago and previously with Turners Circus; and competed as a Level 9 Artistic Gymnast. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Louisville. Relocating in 2024, Emma is thrilled to continue her dance training and career in Chicago, IL, and perform with Identity Performing Arts for her first season!

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