Meet the Dancers

Emily Sullivan

Emily Sullivan is in the fourth grade at Community Park Elementary School in Princeton. She started dancing ballet and tap at the YMCA in Princeton and began taking classes at Princeton Dance and Theater in January 2011. She has been a part of DanceVision productions since December 2010. Ballet is her first love, but she also plays piano and viola, takes gymnastic lessons, loves to draw and is an active Girl Scout. She will join the Bluefish diving team this summer.

Emily Sullivan as a Summer Fairy in The Snow Queen, 2011

DV:  How long have you been dancing?

ES: About six years.  I started when I was three or four.  I started dancing with DanceVision when I was eight.

DV:  What do you like about ballet?

ES: Everything.  It's fun.  I like moving to the music, and the movements are so beautiful.

Emily as a Summer Fairy with Jorina Kardhashi as Gerda in The Snow Queen, 2011

DV: What shows have you been in so far? What has been your favorite role? ES: I've been a Summer Fairy in "The Snow Queen," a Ladybug (twice) and a Rosebud in "The Secret Garden," and a Bon Bon in "The Nutcracker."

Emily as a Bon Bon in DanceVision's The Nutcracker, 2010 (far right)

DV:  What do you like about doing the performances? What do you find hard?
ES: I like being on stage.  This year it's a little hard remembering the steps because I'm leading this time.

DV:  What would be your dream role?

ES: I would like to be Mary or the Fox in "The Secret Garden," the Arabian Coffee in "The Nutcracker," and the Summer Sorceress or the Snow Queen in "The Snow Queen."

Emily Sullivan as a Rosebud in The Secret Garden, 2011