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“Every dancer is welcome in Emily Bufferd’s class.” - Dance Teacher Magazine
...Read more“Every dancer is welcome in Emily Bufferd’s class.” - Dance Teacher Magazine
Emily Bufferd is the Producer of The Young Choreographer’s Festival, described by Dance Spirit Magazine as, "The perfect way to get inspired", YCF is an annual NYC event presenting the most up-and-coming 18-25yr old choreographers which just celebrated its 15th Anniversary at The Joyce Theater. An Educator at Broadway Dance Center and other NYC studios. She is also the Co-Director of Pipeline Dance Training and on Faculty for Spirit of Dance Conventions. She has taught at The DanceOne Summit, The Ailey Extension, CYD? UK, Congresso de Jazz Dance/Brazil, World Dance Movement/Switzerland, The University of Alabama, Manhattanville University, Florida Atlantic University, Jazz on Tap/Atlanta, The Eglevsky Ballet, First-Act/Paris, Dance Centre Orebro/Sweden, Aurora Dance School/Malaysia, Google Headquarters, 360 Dance Festival, Steps Academy, Joffrey Ballet School, The Annual Teacher Workshop, and more.
“Emily Bufferd continues to impact the New York dance scene.” - Examiner.com
Emily has been featured by Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, Dance Informa, Dance Studio Life, The Dance Podcast, Beyond The Steps, the television show Inside NYC Dance, and has been a contributing writer for Dance Teacher Magazine, Discount Dance Supply’s Blog DanceLife, and Apolla Performance's Blog The Muse.
As the Choreographer for Made to Dance in Burning Buildings presented by The Public Theater at Joe’s Pub, OnStageBlog.com, “The show was choreographed
brilliantly…”. Emily’s concert choreography (BEings) has been presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joyce SoHo, Symphony Space, the 92nd St. Y, The Elan Summer Dance Festival, and Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, among others
Described as, “technically superb and amazingly emotive.” - Examiner.com, and “a display of versatility…” - The DancEnthusiast, she has been commissioned by Central Connecticut State University. Her award winning work continues to be desired by dance companies and private studios.
Emily has served as a curator for Dumbo Dance Festival/Wave Rising Series/SoloDuo Festival (2010-2026), guest host for Hatch Presenting Series at The Works Studio, and is the former Co-Producer of APAP at Peridance. She has worked on Fashion Week presentations for both Aimee G., under Director Wes Veldink, and Berenik Talent House as the Assistant Choreographer to Pascal Rekoert.
Emily has performed at Teatro Galileo (Spain), Carnegie Hall, The Kravis Center, Lincoln Center, and was featured in the documentary The 20Something Project, among others
IG @ebufferd
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Class Descriptions
2-5 years training Basic understanding of discipline and general dance terminology
Emily's classes are a community forum for dancers to explore their potential and grow their abilities in a supportive and empowering environment. A technical warm-up designed to stretch, strengthen, and properly align each dancer enables an easy transition to full bodied movement, and improv that encourages individuality and purposeful choice-making will take place. Class will culminate in choreographed phrase-work that emphasizes quality, intellectualism, personal interpretation, self-expression, and visceral artistic development.
8-10 years training
Emily's classes are a community forum for dancers to explore their potential and grow their abilities in a supportive and empowering environment. A technical warm-up designed to stretch, strengthen, and properly align each dancer enables an easy transition to full bodied movement, and improv that encourages individuality and purposeful choice-making will take place. Class will culminate in choreographed phrase-work that emphasizes quality, intellectualism, personal interpretation, self-expression, and visceral artistic development.
Warm-up is designed around the need for alignment, stability, weight shift, stretch, and strength. It will be followed by across the floor progressions that build upon the basic technical elements required for clean and powerful jumps and turns
Warm-up will touch upon stretch, strength, technique building, finding proper alignment, and isolation. Followed by across the floor progressions to reinforce these ideas in movement, we will then transition to a stylized phrase; always emphasizing technique with the style of that day’s material layered on top.