Emma Lutz-Higgins (she/her) is a Portland-based dance maker and performer whose choreographic work uses movement, text, temporal intricacy, and nonlinear narrative to explore perception, identity, and possibility. She received her B.A. from Bard College, where she studied under the direction of the Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company before relocating to New York City. She has performed at AUNTS, Brooklyn, NY; Movement Research, New York, NY; Gibney Dance, New York, NY; New York Live Arts, New York, NY; Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY; and Danspace Project, New York, NY. In 2021, she moved to Portland and was a 2023–24 Alembic Resident at Performance Works NW where she premiered her first evening-length choreographic work, FLOOR. Her performances have been reviewed in Oregon Arts Watch and The New York Times.