Emily Cargill & Dancers (ECD) wants to broaden Jacksonville dance on a regional/national scale - touring work to other cities as well as bringing professional dance to the Jacksonville area. ECD creates work that artistically and physically pushes boundaries; exploring movement that is bold, honest, intimate and human. Founder and Artistic Director, Emily Cargill, encourages collaboration and an ongoing exchange of ideas between herself and the company members.

The Jacksonville-based company has presented work all over the east coast, from Atlanta, to NYC, to Detroit, to Richmond, to Boston and Tampa. ECD has been presented at Richmond’s Dogtown Dance Theatre, Art on the Atlanta Beltline, High Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Art, Skwirlhaus Theatre, Emory University's Performing Arts Studio, Dance Canvas’ 2016 & 2017 Emerging Choreographer Initiative, New Grounds Dance Festival, New Seeds Festival, OneSpark Festival, Modern Atlanta Dance Festival, Richmond Choreographic Initiative, Detroit Dance City Festival, North Carolina Dance Festival (2018 & 2020), Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, Ladyfest CLT, and the NYC10 Dance Festival.

Emily Cargill & Dancers is continually and constantly evolving, discovering, playing, seeking, work-shopping & digging deep to offer immersive, exploratory and engaging experiences for our dancers and audience members alike. The company explores situations, memories and personal circumstances of the human experience, which are reflected and rooted in the movements and dancer relationships of each work. By doing so, our intention is to connect with our audiences in an intimate, human and personal way.