Emilie Leriche is a freelance performer and creator based in Göteborg, Sweden. She has danced with GöteborgsOperans Danskompani and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where in 2015 she was awarded a Princess Grace Foundation fellowship in dance. She has created work on Nederlands Dans Theater II, Whim W’Him, the tanzensemble of Theater St. Gallen, Ballett Hagen, and Gibney Company. Her most recent work Terrific, and Everywhere, a new creation for Ballet Edmonton in Canada, premiered in February of 2025. As an independent performer since 2021, she has been a part of several creative and performance teams, including Ella Rothschild’s Milk Teeth, Kor’Sia’s Mont Ventoux, Imre & Marne Van Opstal’s Voodoo Waltz, Antonin Rioche’s we are doing great, and Martin Harriague’s Crocodile. Most recently she has been a guest in Jonathan Fredrickson’s work for Ballett Basel, I Will, Love.
As a choreographer, she has created work on Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Nederlands Dans Theater II as a part of Korzo and NDT’s Up & Coming Choreographers, and Whim W’Him in Seattle, USA. She has been a guest choreographer for Nuova X’s professional dance program. In May of 2024 she premiered her latest work ‘Property Identity Report’ a creation for the tanzensemble of Theater St. Gallen.