Emma Ibáñez Frau was born in Palma de Mallorca in 2002.
She started her dance education at the Conservatori Professional de Música i Dansa de Mallorca where she completed her elementary degree focused on ballet and Spanish dance, receiving the Outstanding Student Award at the end of her studies there. Then, she joined the apprentice programme from Pasodos Dance Company / Palma Dance Center under the direction of Laura Macías and Gavin de Paor. She also got the chance to gain stage experience while touring through Spain with different productions and started developing her choreographic skills as well. She's a student of the BaTanz in HfMDK since the WS 21/22 and she held the Deutschlandstipendium supported by the Tanja Liedtke Stiftung for two years starting from the WS 22/23, and supported by Dr. Joachim Michael for the school year 2024-25.
In her previous formation, she took classes with prestigious teachers such as Renato Paroni, Pascal Touzeau, Alfonso Palencia, Natsu Sasaki, Elena Glurjidze among others. During her studies at HfMDK she has attended various workshops with dancers and choreographers like Rena Butler, Milan Herich, Narendra Patil, Nica Caccivio, Sebastian Weber and Max Levy.
Since 2023 Emma has been involved in various interdisciplinary projects developing her skills collaborating in drama and opera pieces. She works regularly as a guest dancer at the Oper Frankfurt, as a dancer and choreographic assistant in dance productions from the Frankfurt free scene and as a dance teacher in multiple dance schools in Frankfurt.
Emma feels very moved by social issues and gender dynamics, and is very curious about finding a way to confront them through art. She's developed a huge interest in dance education and mental health, questioning tradition and looking for an inclusive evolution of the dance education field.
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