He has danced in numerous companies in Paris, Stockholm and Geneva. In 1990 he founded the company Ida y Vuelta with which he produced a large number of shows. In parallel to his activities as a dancer, Emilio has been teaching contemporary dance for 35 years in a large number of private dance schools in Geneva as well as at the Hautes Ecoles. He also collaborates with directors on the training of actors and is part of an improvisation collective bringing together dancers and musicians, with whom he performs regularly. From 1990 to 2017 he co-managed a space devoted to theatrical and choreographic practice and research. He is a founding member and was on the committee of the Association les Rencontres Professionnelles de Danses – Geneva. He was a consultant to the Department of Public Education of Geneva for the reflection on the curriculum of the Federal Certificate of Capacity/Professional Artistic Maturity of dancer-performer in contemporary dance and was part of the specific commission in charge of following the development of this pilot project.
From 2015 to 2018 was part of the commission in charge of the organisation of continuing education for teachers for the CEGM (Confédération des Ecoles Genevoises de Musique). Since 2017, she has been organizing and leading a summer research laboratory with guest artists in the south of Spain.