Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson is an artist who makes body-based work—a Bessie Award-winning choreographer, Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award.

Originally from Alaska and now based in New York City, Johnson is of Yup’ik descent, and her body of work considers the experience of sensing and seeing performance.

Her dances function as installations, engaging responsible audience-ship within and through space and environment—interacting with each location’s architecture, history and communities. Her choreography is presented across the United States and Australia.

Emily currently hosts monthly ceremonial fires on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in partnership with Abrons Art Center and is part of a consortium developing a Global First Nations Performance Network.