My name is Emma Elsmo Opalski, creator of Graceful Edge.
graceful edge dance is a performance and choreographic venture dedicated to the exploration of dance history, music-as-driver-centered movement, and the freedom that comes from improvisational practices. Our works are centered around exploring feelings of nostalgia, love, torment, and beauty through feminine power.
Our creative half is filled with immense curiosity and a passion for play. This is the side that craves chaotic energy. It drives our ability to see and hear the smallest details as inspiration for art and fosters fascination with intriguing textures and vibrant colors. This side loves the messy, unpredictable nature of life.
The analytical half drives the perfectionist tendencies and calculated decision-making. It is the side that craves intense stability and finds satisfaction in structure. This is the side fueled by competition that continues to push us each and every day.
At times, these halves may not seem complementary, but they keep us balanced both artistically and operationally. As dancing artists, we strive to create work that reflects a quirky yet articulate nature and is enhanced by music-as-driver choreographic tendencies. Both sides ignite a fierce dedication to art that allows us to fall in love with our lives as dancers and choreographers, daily.
We are artists with intense duality.
Two distinct halves that make up one, complex whole.