Emily May
Editor @Colorsxstudios
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WORK HISTORY
Editor @Colorsxstudios
Berlin, DE
Launching and managing COLORS’ editorial platform exploring global culture • Commissioning writers from across the globe, managing the quarterly editorial budget in the process • Leading editorial components of partnerships with Burberry, Motown, and The Goethe Institut et al. • Interviewing artists on set for text and video, including FKA twigs, Loyle Carner, Shygirl, FKJ, Ibeyi • Working with COLORS’ in house video director on storylines for editorial videos • Managing COLORS’ bi-weekly newsletter • Hiring, onboarding, and line managing an editorial intern • Wrote and copy edited text for COLORS\' first photobook,\'Hi, Five\', released November 2021 • Copy writing and editing for other departments across the organisation including social media and product
EDUCATION
Bishop Perowne Church of England College
11 GCSEs Grades A*-A including English, Maths, and Science
Worcester Sixth Form College
3 A Levels Grade A*-A
Trinity Laban
BA (Hons), Contemporary Dance, First Class Honours
ABOUT EMILY MAY
Emily May is a British-born, Berlin-based arts writer and editor specialising in dance and performance. An alumna of Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance and a member of the Dance Section of the U.K. Critics\' Circle, she regularly contributes to publications including Dance Magazine, ArtReview, Frieze, The Stage, Flash Art, The Brooklyn Rail, and Springback Magazine, as well as organisations such as The Royal Opera House. She currently leads editorial projects at COLORSxSTUDIOS, where she launched and continues to manage an editorial platform exploring global culture. Previously, she was an editor Freunde von Freunden (FvF) online culture magazine and creative agency. Alongside writing, Emily is experienced in moderating and participating in post-show talks and panel discussions, and has worked with a variety of festivals including Aerowaves Springforward, Soundance Festival Berlin, and Czech Dance Platform. She produces and hosts the Terpsichore podcast, interviewing leading women from the dance industry about their lives, careers, and the female dance pioneers that inspire them. Emily’s writing is informed by her former practical experiences in the dance industry. She presented her own work at venues including Somerville College Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, and The Brewery Arts Centre, as well as in academic contexts for symposiums at Royal Holloway University (organised by the Society for Dance Research) and The University of Vienna.
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