Emily May is a British-born, Berlin-based arts writer and editor specialising in dance and performance. An alumna of Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance and a member of the Dance Section of the U.K. Critics' Circle, she has contributed reviews, interviews, and features to publications including The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Frieze, ArtReview, Kinfolk, Dance Magazine, Art Basel, The Stage, and Springback Magazine. She has also written programme essays for the likes of The Royal Opera House and Sadler’s Wells. Emily is currently the editor of Dance Media Publications’ Dance Retailer News title. From 2021-2024, she led editorial projects at the music and culture platform COLORSxSTUDIOS. Previously, she was an editor at Freunde von Freunden (FvF) online culture magazine and creative agency.

Emily is experienced in hosting post-show talks and panel discussions digitally and in person. She has moderated interviews for a variety of festivals including Aerowaves Springforward, Soundance Festival Berlin, and Czech Dance Platform, and participated in talks on dance writing as a panellist. Emily produces and hosts the Terpsichore podcast, interviewing leading voices from the dance industry about their lives, careers, and the dance pioneers that inspire them. To date, guests have included Siobhan Davies, Andrea Miller, Oona Doherty, Aditi Mangaldas, Shobana Jeyasingh, and Stina Quagebeur.

Emily’s writing is informed by her previous practical experiences in the dance industry. She has presented and spoken about her choreographic work at venues including Somerville College Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, and The Brewery Arts Centre, as well as in academic contexts for symposiums at Royal Holloway University (organised by the Society for Dance Research) and The University of Vienna.