Emma Porteus is an independent dancer, choreographer and teacher.  Emma began her contemporary dance career in 2001 with Stompin, performing in Placement as part of the inaugural Ten Days on the Island festival. After completing her degree in Contemporary Dance at Deakin, graduating with distinction, she undertook and completed her honours research into the collaborative process.  This is a continuing interest of Emma’s, and she constantly is drawn to new experiences that help her further her research.  In 2004 Emma created and performed in the Melbourne Fringe Festival show Lamplight verses the Moon, which was selected to be part of the Graduate Showcase at Dancehouse. In 2005 Emma was assistant director on the community project Dance Path, held at Dancehouse in Melbourne.  In 2006 Emma choreographed for Stompin as part of the Outback Fringe Festival in Roxby Downs.  Emma has co-choreographed four Tasdance’s education projects, Microscope (2005), Dry as a Bone (2006), White Light (2007) and Planet Earth (2008). In late 2006 she co-choreographed and performed in Tasdance’s large-scale community project Illuminations3, and in 2007 choreographed 500 primary school students in ETC for Tasdance.  In 2008/09 Emma produced and choreographed Let’s Get it Strait for Tasdance.  This work was performed as part of the 2009 Ten Days on the Island festival.