photo Isao Tsuge

Ema Yuasa

Born in Japan, based in The Hague (Nederlands). after studying at the Princesse Grace Dance Academy, she danced with the Dresden Ballet and Ballet de l’Opera de Nice before joining NDT and danced for 11years(2004-2015). She became freelancer and worked amongst others with Mats Ek and Sasha Waltz at the Royal Swedish Ballet and with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui at his company Eastman and with Damien Jalet. She’s also a choreographer in her own right, creating dance pieces as well as installation works, and has also appeared as an actor in various theatre works.Ema also is a certified Countertechnique Teacher.

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“Almost immediately after I started taking Countertechnique classes, I realised that this technique is something I had long been looking for as a dancer. It gave me so much joy and endless curiosity towards dance again, whereas previously I had felt burned out as a dancer and had struggled with the boringness of training. I really appreciate how teachers are there to guide dancers identify their own problems and how they help them address these issies for the purpose of their whole career, rather than just fixing form at the moment. I wanted to take the knowledge I gained with me as a dancer, but I also wanted to share my insights with others.

I have always felt there was a strong need for a method that was developed for dancers on today’s contemporary dance scene, which develops so fast and has such an enormous variety of movement. Countertechnique is exactly that. Its community of teachers around the world is aware of how the field constantly changes and they continuously keep researching and reviewing the information they share. I am so looking forward to widen my perspective, discover many unknown things and re-experiencing my dancing. Countertechnique makes me active in body and mind.”