Emory Dance Company Choreographer: Kayla Lim

The Spring 2024 Emory Dance Company Concert on April 18-20 features new work by students in our Choreography II course. Read about choreographer Kayla Lim's work and process below!

I am exploring the concept of emotions, and the sense of embodiment with these emotions integrated into my movement. I have an idea of each emotion that I want for each part of my piece - excitement, restlessness, loneliness, and acceptance. I want to give my dancers this outline to think about when creating and executing the movement, but I also want to give them the freedom to interpret these emotions themselves.

I am most excited to see where this piece is going because I don't have set transitions or endings yet. I enjoy the process of figuring out what works and what doesn't, so having the time and ability to play around with that is what I find most exciting. I am also very inspired by my dancers which helps greatly with the process itself.

My choreographic process began with creating three core phrases. I wanted to give out a good amount of choreography before I had my dancers generate movement so that I could set a guideline. I am now exploring more of individuality as opposed to unity since most of my phrases that I have created are group sections. I have added a duet section with movement generated by my dancers, and I plan to incorporate more of those elements in the future.

I hope that audiences enjoy the work and take away something they remember in the future.

Thank you Kayla! Tickets for the Emory Dance Company Spring 2024 Concert are on sale now. Click here to purchase them now!