Emma Jayne Park

FOUNDER & ARTISTIC LEAD, CULTURED MONGREL
CONSORTIUM PARTNER, FREELANCE : FUTURES

Emma Jayne is a dancer, theatre maker, collaborator, facilitator, movement director, trainee intimacy coordinator, choreographer, advocate, activist and occasional drag king. They are known by many roles and many names - Emma, Emma Jayne, EJ, EJP and Parko – reflecting the relational and shapeshifting nature of their work.

They ask questions and are obsessed with asking better questions. You can usually find them in the sea, drinking tea or dancing in sweaty clubs - often whilst simultaneously scrolling Twitter.

From creating dance with rural communities to working in ‘established’ mid-scale theatres, their politics always underline their practice with a focus on narrowing the gap between ideology and actions, finding the play in inherited working structures, and redistribution of knowledge through the creation of open-source resources.

Since 2018 their research has centred around failure, belonging and power.

They are currently trying to rediscover the balance between advocacy/ activism, making/ performing and living a full life outwith work.