Emily Schoen Branch is a Seattle-based dance artist, choreographer, and teacher named "Top 25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine and "Martha Duffy Resident Artist" by Baryshnikov Arts Center (NY). She has fulfilled 21 commissions for universities and companies across the United States, and her ongoing happy hour performance series—site-specific dance created for breweries—reflects a long-standing commitment to bringing the artform beyond traditional venues.

Her company, ESB Dance Projects, has been home for her creative work across two decades. A highlight was a two-year collaboration with Tunisian dancers resulting in See Me in Your Eye, an evening-length work premiering in New York in 2019, supported by Baryshnikov Arts Center, Dance Motion USA/Brooklyn Academy of Music, American Dance Abroad, and the US Embassy in Tunisia. The company has appeared at Judson Memorial Church, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Joe's Pub/DanceNOW, and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. She also directs screendance; her film Hollow Hearts received Honorable Mention at the inaugural PNB Dance Film Festival and won "Excellence in Dance and Videography" at AAlchemy's Give Me a Break Dance Film Festival (NY).

As a performer, Emily worked with Kyle Abraham/AIM, the Metropolitan Opera in works by Doug Varone, Mark Morris, and Carolyn Choa, and The Rolling Stones during their 50th Anniversary reunion tour. She danced for eight years with KEIGWIN + COMPANY, touring nationally and internationally and serving as répétiteur. Additional recognition includes a Princess Grace Fellowship nomination through METdance (TX) and residencies at the Tunisian National Theater and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.

Emily holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Washington, where her research was subsequently published by the American Journal of Arts Management (January 2026). She is currently on faculty at Pacific Northwest Ballet, teaches Western Dance History and Anatomy for Dance at Midwest University, and is co-directing the relaunch of CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work—a contemporary dance festival on Seattle's Eastside—returning in January 2027.