Emily Hart Lopez, teaching artist

Emily Hart Lopez is a professional dancer, actor, and educator based in NYC. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a B.F.A in Dance. Her work ranges from concert to company work, choreographing, latin dance, immersive theater, commercial work, and more. Credits include: Gotham Dance Theater, Sonalee Vyas Dance Company, Alterra Productions, Rumbamena, NYLA, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Grace Kelly, Flint Rep, DPA Tour, ABC’s Dirty Dancing, and more. Emily has experience teaching through Roll America, The School at Columbia, ASTEP, ChoreoLounge, SassClass, and beyond. Emily has worked with all ages from assisting at The School at Steps toddler classes to teaching youth and adults from Mexico to India, guesting at dance studios and arts high schools, to teaching senior citizens. Her current passion is latin fusion, collaboration, and arts advocacy on the local to global scale.