Signing and Dancing with Emma Memma

<p>Welcome back to Talking Pointes. This season we’re back with another 10 beautiful conversations with some of the world’s most extraordinary dancers, choreographers, and artistic directors. I’m your host Claudia Lawson.</p><p>For our summer season bonus episode, we’re catching up with the divine Emma Watkins. In season one, Emma and I spoke about her life growing up in Sydney. We spoke about her early dance years, about injuries and auditions, and then being selected to be the first ever female Wiggle. We spoke about Emma’s passion for Auslan, her PhD, and we also spoke about love, surviving endometriosis, and fertility. To hear that conversation, just scroll back to <a href="https://fjordreview.com/emma-yellow-wiggle/" target="_blank">episode six of season one</a>, and we’ll also put the link in the show notes.</p><p>Today, nearly 18 months on, Emma and I speak about what her life is following her departure from The Wiggles. We speak about her new character, Emma Memma, and what it’s like to be on the precipice of handing in her PhD. We also speak about her marriage to new husband Olly, and her plans for the future.</p><p><i>We’re just quickly interrupting this episode to let you know that we’re delighted that Emma’s bonus episode of Talking Pointes is sponsored by </i><a href="https://www.energetiks.com.au/" target="_blank"><i>Energetiks</i></a><i>. Energetiks are a sustainable, Australian-made brand that specialize in creating world-class dance wear for the stars of tomorrow. Perform and feel your best at every stage of your dance journey in Energetiks premium, high performance fabrics. You can see their entire range online at energetiks.com.au. For all Talking Pointes listeners, </i><a href="https://www.energetiks.com.au/" target="_blank"><i>there’s a 20% discount on all Energetiks products</i></a><i>. Just use the code EMMA20 at the checkout. The offer’s available until the end of August, 2023.</i></p><p><strong>Host @byclaudialawson</strong></p><p><strong>Transcript:</strong></p><p>Claudia Lawson: Hello.<