About Emily

Emily (Lady Em) Culbreath, MFA, is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of street and club dance, choreo-activism, theater, and collective practice. A former core member and rehearsal director of Rennie Harris Puremovement, she currently serves as Assistant Professor of Dance at Bates College. Culbreath also co-directs Snack Break Movement Arts, where she curates, teaches, and presents street-dance theater nationally and internationally. She has led guest residencies nationwide, contributed writing to thINKingDANCE, and presented work at the 2025 American College Dance Association National Festival.