Emma Ouellet was born in London, Ontario and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School. She joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2020 and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2022.
Most recently, Emma performed in the North American premiere of Emma Portner’s islands and debuted as The Undermined in the world premiere of William Yong’s UtopiVerse. Emma’s repertoire includes Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Cinderella, Don Quixote, Onegin, A Streetcar Named Desire, MADDADDAM, Angels’ Atlas, Emma Bovary, Diamonds, Emeralds, Serenade, Symphony in C, Suite en Blanc, Concerto, Passion, Frame by Frame and Alleged Dances.
In 2023, Emma received the Patron Award of Merit. In 2022, Emma received the RBC Emerging Artist Award, in 2020, she was the recipient of the Jeffery Kirk Award, in 2019 the Peter Dwyer Award and the Marijan Bayer Award in 2015.
