The actor, dancer and director-choreographer has been recognized for her unique and “almost-paranormal” ability. Emma Portner's dance training was influenced by summer courses at the National Ballet of Canada and in 2012, Emma moved to New York City to study at The Ailey School. Soon thereafter, she choreographed the musical BAT OUT OF HELL, making her the youngest woman in history to choreograph a musical on London’s West End. Before the age of 20, she’d garnered millions of international views through dance on film and worked with some of the music industry’s biggest names including Maggie Rogers, Blood Orange, FKA Twigs, and Sylvan Esso.

Her most recent work includes collaborations with Apple, Netflix, Vogue, Adidas, The Norwegian National Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Sony Studios, and indie music stars. Emma’s work has been featured by the Guggenheim Museum, Jacob's Pillow, New York City Center and Théâtre Champs-Élysées, to name a few. She has been hailed as “beguiling”  by the NY Times and was listed as one of Paper Magazine’s “100 people to watch in 2019".

Most recently, Emma’s work Bathtub Ballet premiered to critical acclaim at the Royal Swedish Opera and her ballet islands shared a tour with quintessential choreographers Crystal Pite, Jiří Kylián and Ohad Naharin with the National Ballet of Canada. Emma’s work for Göteborg Danskompani Forever, Maybe premiered to critical acclaim in Spring 2024. Emma portrayed Gozer the Gozerian in Ghostbusters: AFTERLIFE and stars in A24’s festival darling I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024) directed by Jane Schoenbrun.

"I know that you can do well with little. I'm not at all into overkill. Song and emotion come first".

He first experimented with this vision with his group Quadricolor, which became Griefjoy in 2013, where he was both singer, pianist and co-producer of the records.

"At the time, our songs were often too rich, but since then I've learned to put myself at the service of the songs and not try to dress them up at all costs to the point of masking their singularity under layers of unnecessary arrangements, although sometimes reassuring. You have to get to the heart of the matter. It's a mantra that was applied during the recording of Victor Solf's next album, for which Guillaume is producer and co-composer, and Camélia Jordana's fourth album, on which he played a part.

This taste for simplicity comes from his favourite instrument, the piano, which he has played since the age of four at the Conservatoire, from which he graduated with three prizes: classical, jazz and contemporary music. "I feel like I can say anything with the piano. It's become an extension of my brain, and it's an incredibly versatile instrument. He recorded two solo albums with the piano in 2017 and 2019, following in the footsteps of neo-classical musicians such as Nils Frahm and Max Richter. His compositions find their natural place when it comes to illustrating fiction films, series such as season 3 of Calls for Canal + or successful documentaries such as One breath around the world, in which freediving champion Guillaume Néry travels around the world underwater.

When he composes for film, Guillaume Ferran likes the music to tell a story that cannot be seen on screen. In his view, music has to be able to combine opposites. This could sum up his general approach to his work.