Ready to take your dance skills to the next level?!

EMERGE125’s 2025 Summer Workshop offers Intermediate and Advanced level dancers access to one-on-one and group instruction from the company’s Teaching Artists and Directors.

JULY 7 - 11, 2025
10AM - 4PM DAILY
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NYC

$425 Early Bird (until April, 2025)
$495

Join us for an exciting, in-person, weeklong Summer Dance Workshop, taking place at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City! Our 2025 Summer Workshop is a must-attend experience for enthusiasts who are ready to elevate their talent. You'll experience five intensive days filled with classes, seminars, collaborations, physical assessments, a studio showing, and much more. Take a leap towards inhabiting the life of a professional dancer at this week of movement, creativity, and fun!

  • Our teaching artists will instruct participants in styles including ballet, modern, Afro-Caribbean, and jazz.

  • Beyond expanding your skills and repertoire, our team will aim to give you actionable direction about navigating the day-to-day realities of being a practicing artist, suggest ways to capitalize on your strengths, and provide the foundation necessary to cultivate your artistic voice.

  • You'll have the chance to speak directly with EMERGE125 Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher, get networking and career-building advice from E125 Executive Director Juliane Slater, confer with a Board Certified Physical Therapist and licensed Nutritionist to learn how to better develop your body, and perform internationally presented E125 repertoire at a culminating studio showing where you're the star!

  • EMERGE125 is thrilled to have physical therapist and educator, Jessi Patz from FlySpace PT join us for our Summer Workshop! Scroll down to learn more about Jessi and the owner of FlySpace PT, Marissa Schaeffer.

With an eye toward embracing everyone from an advanced high school student to a regularly auditioning college level dancer, this summer workshop presents a unique opportunity to learn from talented instructors, engage with elite industry figures, and connect with your fellow artists. Don't miss out on this incredible experience to build your skills, ignite your passion for dance, and find a community.

Mark your calendars and expect to EMERGE as a stronger artist!


ABOUT EMERGE125

EMERGE125 is a Black female-led dance company that expands the reach and impact of dance through creation, performance, and education. Through a body of expressive, athletic modern dance work, EMERGE125 explores social dynamics and personal identity, illuminates and challenges systemic inequities, and inspires reflection and connection. We believe that dance can serve as a uniting force across differences in age, race, class, and more. 

Founded in 1981, EMERGE125 has been led by celebrated choreographer Tiffany Rea-Fisher since 2017. Based in Harlem, EMERGE125 also has a strong presence in the Adirondacks, tours nationwide, and shares virtual content globally.

By performing in multidisciplinary or non-arts spaces, as well as engaging in cross-disciplinary collaborations, we reach beyond traditional dance audiences—we attract audiences who like to be surprised, challenged, and in dialogue with art of all kinds. Our youth dance education programs—serving K-12 students as well as pre- and early-career professionals—cultivate these same values in the artists and audiences of the future.

ABOUT FLYSPACE

Founded by former performing artists, the FlySpace physical therapy studio brings a deep understanding of movement, mechanics, and the complexities of the human body and psyche to every client interaction. When it comes to physical therapy, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. We adapt and adjust continually as our clients progress.

Marissa Schaeffer, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS (she/her) is the owner of FlySpace PT. She is a graduate of the SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance and earned her doctorate in physical therapy from Columbia University. She has worked as a senior therapist at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Limón Dance Company, HopeBoykinDance, Steps on Broadway, St. Ann's Warehouse, Roundabout Theatre, Freestyle Love Supreme and more! She has presented at multiple dance medicine and science conferences and has written and contributed to articles in Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, and Dance Studio Life. Marissa is also a published author in the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science. 

Jessi Patz, PT, DPT, CKTP (she/her) has taught, choreographed and performed for dance venues, film, theater, and comedy shows all over the world. She has cared for the Broadway performers and crews of Hamilton, Book of Mormon, Chicago, Head Over Heels, The Prom, Be More Chill, Aladdin, Mean Girls and has worked with dancers from Mark Morris, Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, Nathan Trice, Radio City's The Rockettes, and many more. Jessi is a frequent guest lecturer to dance students in grade schools and universities, and to PT Doctoral Candidates.