Emily Kate Long

Emily Kate Long is in her inaugural season with Ballet Quad Cities, during which she has had the privilege of performing the role of Mina Murray-Harker in Deanna Carter’s Dracula, creating two original roles in works by Erica Attwood and Simone Ferro and dancing in other classical and contemporary ballets by Carter, Courtney Lyon, Cleo Mack and Lovar Davis Kidd. Prior to joining BQC, Ms. Long spent two seasons performing with Milwaukee Ballet in Michael Pink's The Nutcracker, Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty and La Bayadére and with Milwaukee Ballet II in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano and Napoli, Pink’s Candide Overture and contemporary and neoclassical works by Tom Teague, Denis Malinkine and Rolando Yanes. She also collaborated extensively with the Milwaukee Ballet Education Department to create Maria and the Magic Doll Shoppe, which toured to over 20 venues throughout southeastern Wisconsin, and was part of the creation of two original contemporary works, Cake Love and La Fuerza, by Petr Zahradnicek. In addition, she has worked with renowned dancer and choreographer Cameron Macmillan as part of Milwaukee Ballet’s Genesis International Choreographic Competition and participated in workshops with Maiqui Manosa, Trey McIntyre, Kee-Huan Han and Simone Ferro.

 

Ms. Long began her dance education in South Bend, Indiana, with Kimmary Williams and Jacob Rice. She graduated in 2007 from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School's Schenley Program, where she performed with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in "The Nutcracker" in corps de ballet and children's roles and with PBTS in Napoli, Paquita, Tarantella and various contemporary works. Ms Long attended Milwaukee Ballet School's Summer Intensive on scholarship before being invited to join MBII in 2007, and worked in 2008 and 2009 as a Resident Assistant at the Saratoga Summer Dance Intensive. She also has spent summers studying at Miami City Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Pittsburgh Youth Ballet and Ballet Chicago.