Emerging choreographer Emery LeCrone was

born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina.  She began her training at the Greensboro Ballet and at the age of 14 she moved to Winston-Salem, NC to train at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.  While studying year round with teachers such as Melissa Hayden, Warren Conover, and Nina Danilova, Ms. LeCrone also attended several summers on full scholarship at the School of American Ballet. 

Upon graduation in 2005 Ms. LeCrone was accepted into the North Carolina Dance Theatre.  While with North Carolina Dance Theatre she performed in works such as George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Serenade, and Walpurgisnacht (Faust), Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s Carmina Burana, and Salvatore Aiello’s Nutcracker.  She also worked closely with choreographer Dwight Rhoden of Complexions Dance Company.  It was in her free time with the company that she began choreographing.  She created her first work for North Carolina Dance Theatre II in 2006.

Since then, Ms. LeCrone has created several works including Pulling to Break (2006), Figurine (2008), Concerto 3 in G (2007), and Aphorismós (2009), which premiered at The Miller Theatre for The Columbia Ballet Collaborative and was then selected for The A.W.A.R.D Show! 2009 which took place at the Joyce Soho.  Claudia La Rocco of The New York Times wrote, “…Her Aphorismós is a ready for primetime knockout…hinting at dark undercurrents that beg for second looks.  More, please, Ms. LeCrone.” 

Ms. LeCrone has worked with dancers from North Carolina Dance Theater, the New York City Ballet, Ballet Met, the Los Angeles Ballet, Ballet West, Eugene Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and the American Repertory Ballet.  As well as, participated in several choreography competitions among others the National Choreographers Initiative under the direction of Molly Lynch and Ballet Builders 2008.  Jennifer Dunning of the New York Times called Ms. LeCrone’s choreography “…a delightful whole, exploring innovative partnering as well as the ways spinning full-throttle movement can echo and incorporate the planes of space around it.”

In August 2007, Ms. LeCrone moved to New York City.  That same year she performed with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company in its inaugural City Center Season and was hired to dance with both the Metropolitan Opera and Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet.

Currently Ms. LeCrone remains in New York City and continues to dance and choreograph.  She will premiere new works this season for The Columbia Ballet Collaborative, the New Chamber Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and North Carolina Dance Theatre.