Born Into You Emma Evelein
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Biography Emma Evelein is a Dutch choreographer, director and independent artist. After her pre- and bachelor's degree at the Amsterdam School of the Arts (2008-2015)

After her company life as a dancer, Emma focused on creating for theater and film and quickly grew into an international film & theater choreographer and director. Her dance language has been described as 'detailed, sincere, raw and accessible'. For works like 'Sisters', 'A flood remains', 'Wolves' and 'Fiftyone/fourtynine' and ‘Lucid dreaming’ she received over 40 awards all over the world, including the Tuschinski Awards Nederlands Film Festival (2019), the Kurt Jooss Preis (2019) , Best choreography Amsterdam (2018), Audience Awards Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (2018) and NDT partner award (2021) in the final of the Rotterdam International Dance Duet Competition. In 2023 she won a ‘Gouden Kalf’ (Dutch Academy Award) for her work as a director and screenwriter for ‘Lucid dreaming’. In 2022 Emma was taken under the wing of the Nederlands Dans Theater. She was awarded 3 productions awards in the Hannover Duet Competition 2023. In the international commercial film world and music videos, Emma is asked for her unique movement language that adds value to productions. She worked with various European Film production companies like Newland (Sweden), Mamma Team, 24/7 Algebra (Spain) and Chelsey Film (Germany).