Co-choreographers Emily Gualtieri and David Albert-Toth have built PARTS+LABOUR into a bold and rising voice in contemporary dance. Since 2011, they have created works that blur the lines between script and spontaneity, merging the personal, the poetic, and the political. Inspired by literature, mythology, and philosophy, their artistic ethos embraces tension over resolution, embracing the collision of divergent ideas and visions to generate powerful narratives about community, solitude, and collective memory.

Their collaboration is grounded in difference, care, and conviction. Emily trained at Canada’s National Ballet School until her changing body no longer fit its mold; she persisted to become a maker, performer, educator, and leader. David, the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, came to dance through hip-hop and rave culture before embracing contemporary practices. Together, they have developed a choreographic signature rooted in friction, mutual respect, and a shared urgency to confront the world as it is through a decentralized yet complementary vision.