Émilie Barrette is a graduate of the École supérieure de ballet du Québec (ESBQ) and Ballet Divertimento’s college program. She has also completed the 27 credit Voie Alternative dance therapy training program offered by Les Grands Ballets’ National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT). Always in search of new learning opportunities, Émilie explores numerous continuing education courses in dance pedagogy. She has twice taken part in Boston Ballet’s Adaptive Dance Teachers Training Program, as well as obtaining the ESBQ’s Attestation d’études collégiales (AEC) accreditation in dance pedagogy.

She has had the privilege of collaborating on various NCDT projects, notably with children, teenagers and adults living with autism and/or cognitive disabilities.

After fifteen years of teaching in the recreational and junior programs at ESBQ, Émilie is currently in charge of dance therapy at NCDT. Concurrently, she is pursuing a master’s degree in dance at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) under the direction of Lucie Beaudry. Her research focuses on enriching her adapted dance practice, notably through the development of dance pictograms.