EMMA FISHWICK
Artist . Choreographer

About

Emma Fishwick

Photos by Sarah Walker 2017

EMMA is an artist whose work takes numerous forms. Her practice spans dance, visual-arts and the written word. Based in Perth, Emma graduated from WAAPA Honours (Dance) program LINK in 2010 and has since engaged in multiple projects in Sydney, Berlin, Bilbao, Perth and most recently at Next Wave (2016) and Dance Massive (2017) in Melbourne. She has also undertaken a residency at Bundanon Trust NSW, a SEED residency in WA and has commenced a Master of Arts (Choreography) at WAAPA which includes working with LINK Dance Company as a guest artist. In 2018, Emma has been awarded the role as an Associate Artist and will be working with Co3 Australia as a choreographic assistant, along with production management and videography.

I am: an enthusiast, re-arranger, documenter, wordsmith, choreographer, somewhere between me and a composed version of myself. My multifaceted practice spans dance, written word and visual documentation (fine line drawing, sculpture, film and photography). To date, my work has been dictated my choreographic practice, however I have begun to search for a process that enables an equal dialogue between each of my interests. Conceptually, I hold a hearty continuous curiosity surrounding lineage and my place within a larger spectrum. I am interested in transforming space, shifting viewers to accept the unknown and to learn from their experiences.

Emma Fishwick

Boorloo based choreographer Emma Fishwick has an interdisciplinary practice that works across movement, digital media, writing, textiles, and academic scholarship. Emma has worked extensively across Australia and abroad, lectures in Politics of Dance, Choreography, and is an Honours supervisor at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). In 2024, Emma completed her PhD research, Slow Choreographies, which addressed everyday sexisms in Australian universities through embodied creative methods.

In 2025 Emma is a recipient of a Minderoo Artist residency and was participated in the ATLAS choreographic program at ImpulsTanz, Vienna. In 2024, Emma choreographed and performed What Came Before with Serena Chalker as part of STRUT Dance RESTORE program and developed her full-length work From Here, Together with producers Performing Lines WA. In 2022, Emma was selected for Co3 Australia’s In Residence Program and received the award for OUTSTANDING NEW WORK | Slow Burn, Together at the 2022 Performing Arts WA Awards. This work was commissioned by Perth Festival in 2021 and was performed to present her work at His Majesty’s Theatre, Karboordup. Other notable works include and Again (2023), Dance, Quiet Riot (2018), and microLandscapes (2016). Between 2018-2023 Emma was a member of the STRUT Dance Board and has been a mentor for artists with a disability via disability support provider, My Place.

Emma’s choreographic practice has grown into a conversation with a sprawling lineage of influences that echo sporadically through the body, thought, and material. Emma’s practice often questions whether dance can achieve the often-complex connections between the human and non-human, challenging her understandings of the form through incorporating multiple mediums/practices. This perspective on making has leant itself to a practice intimately entwined with research, process, and adaptability so the work can be in response to the times we live and move in.

I live and work on the land of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation and acknowledge that it always was and always will be Noongar land. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future.

THIS WEBISTE AND THE ARTWORKS FEATURED ARE © EMMA FISHWICK 2023