Emilie Gallier is a choreographer researcher who lives in Leiden (The Netherlands). She recently completed her practice-as-research PhD from the Centre for Dance Research (Coventry University), in which she develops the idea and practice of reading (documents/documentation) in and as performance (Reading in Performance, Lire en Spectacle) Beside her choreographic practice, Emilie works as a tutor for THIRD: 3rd cycle artistic research programme at DAS Graduate School Amsterdam. She publishes in peer-reviewed journals (a.o. Performance Research), and co-edits dance books (ongoing De Nieuwe Dansbibliotheek, Notebook Series). She is co-founder of Les Minieres in Normandy (France), at the intersection of regenerative agriculture and performing art practices. In 2022, Emilie Gallier joins the Erasmus+ project Extraordinary Dances (Dance and Handicap) with the Leiden-based group Domino.