EMILY HONEGGER

Stories & Testimonials

EMILY HONEGGER

Montreal, QC
Contemporary Dance, B-girling, Popping/Animation
Career Pathway: Osteopathy

Emily Honegger is a Montréal-based dance artist, a graduate of L’École de Danse Contemporaine in Montréal (2005), and a street dance artist specializing in b-girling and popping/animation. Emily danced for companies such as Bouge de Là, Cirque Eloize, Rubberband Dance, Human Playground, and created works for stage and film with choreographic collaborator Geneviève Gagné through their collective Floor Rider & Tonik. She has also collaborated with musical acts FRASE and Urban Science Brass Band as a freestyle performer.

EMILY’S STORY

“Since being introduced to osteopathy as a young dancer, I benefited enormously from osteopathic treatment, as it has been a great tool for me to stay balanced over the course of my dance career. The career transition from dance to osteopathy felt like an organic progression for me. When life events made the call to transition louder than my call to perform, the DTRC was an extremely important source of support in every way possible. From access to Counselling to Career Exploration Grants, the DTRC allowed me to confirm this was the right path for me. Over my 4.5-year retraining program, I have benefitted from the Retraining Grant, FTS I & II Subsistence Grants as well as the Peter F. Bronfman Memorial Award, without which this retraining process would not have been possible.

The exercise of preparing requests for support from the DTRC alone has helped me articulate and structure my career transition. The financial support has allowed me to dedicate the most time and energy possible to my studies and practice, which is invaluable to me and to the future patients I will help as I launch into my new career as an Osteopathic Manual practitioner in 2025.”

DTRC’S SUPPORT

Counselling
Skills Grants
Career Exploration Grant
Retraining (Study) Grant
FTS I & II Subsistence (Parallel & Post-Performance Pathway) Grants
Peter F. Bronfman Memorial Award

National Office

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The BC office runs as a virtual office and is open on a part-time basis, according to a variable schedule.

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British Columbia
Mika Manning
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Alberta
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Manitoba
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Atlantic
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We acknowledge the lands, waterways, languages, and Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island – First Nations, Inuit and Métis – who have been living on these lands since time immemorial. As we carry out our work, digitally and in person across many distinct territories, we offer our recognition and respect to all the peoples and places that are connected through our engagement together. We, at the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, commit to the ongoing work and learning required of all of us to address past and persistent harms. We continue to deepen our understanding and we welcome dialogue as we strive to move into better relations with Indigenous peoples and with the land.