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Mia Michaels
Birthday:
22 February 1966
Biography
Being passionate - it's such a huge, huge part of our being. I'm one of those people who's an 'all or nothing' kind of person. So, when I teach, my philosophy is so not about the steps. It's about the soul of the movement. Your movement is your vocabulary, it's your voice for your body. So I'm very passionate about it.
Being passionate - it's such a huge, huge part of our being. I'm one of those people who's an 'all or nothing' kind of person. So, when I teach, my philosophy is so not about the steps. It's about the soul of the movement. Your movement is your vocabulary, it's your voice for your body. So I'm very passionate about it.
People always say that I can be difficult because I expect the most of you and I'm relentless about making people step to the next level. And I think that's a great quality.
People always say that I can be difficult because I expect the most of you and I'm relentless about making people step to the next level. And I think that's a great quality.
[on choreographing the film version of 'Rock of Ages'] When Adam [Shankman] and I decided to do this it was very important for me to respect the time of the '80s. It was about Rock and Roll, and I had to stay gritty and raw. It was a big deal for me to keep it from turning into a typical musical. My job was to keep it real, and I did.
[on choreographing the film version of 'Rock of Ages'] When Adam [Shankman] and I decided to do this it was very important for me to respect the time of the '80s. It was about Rock and Roll, and I had to stay gritty and raw. It was a big deal for me to keep it from turning into a typical musical. My job was to keep it real, and I did.
I've always been with men. But I am also a very free spirit and I believe that who we fall for is more about the human spirit and not sexuality. I've been with men because that's who I have connected to at this point in my life. But who's to say? I have no idea what tomorrow will bring or who I'm going to meet. That's just how I look at it.
I've always been with men. But I am also a very free spirit and I believe that who we fall for is more about the human spirit and not sexuality. I've been with men because that's who I have connected to at this point in my life. But who's to say? I have no idea what tomorrow will bring or who I'm going to meet. That's just how I look at it.
RAW was a dance company I created in New York. It lasted for two years. It was at a time when I really found myself and understood my movement.... RAW is about me not conforming to the commercialism. I stay true to what my vision and instincts are. I am very proud of that.
RAW was a dance company I created in New York. It lasted for two years. It was at a time when I really found myself and understood my movement.... RAW is about me not conforming to the commercialism. I stay true to what my vision and instincts are. I am very proud of that.
Mia Michaels
Mia was born in Coconut Grove, Florida, to a family of dancers. Her father and dance teacher, Joe Michaels, taught her jazz, tap and ballet, while her sister, Dana, taught her contemporary dance. Though she began her training with members of her family, she also trained at Miami Conservatory, the Miami Performing Arts Center and Michigan's Interlochen Arts Academy, as well as, the New World School of the Arts. Her first work experience was with her father at the Miami Dance Center, even though she began choreographing at the age of 11. She still works with her father at Joe Michaels Miami Dance Center. She has also taught dance in several schools, including the International Dance Festival of Italy, Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, and as a guest jazz teacher at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC.She has choreographed for Madonna's "Drowned World Tour," Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Prince, DK 96, Jon Secada, PYT , and Jimmy Ray. She has also worked with Debbie Allen and Dreamworks on an AMC cable series "Cool Women."She has choreographed a series of commercials, some award-winning, for the WNBA, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Bacardi, Coldwell Banker, Ziploc, Lady Luck Casino in Las Vegas, MTV's "Hot Properties," Star TV and VISA.She is the founder, artistic director and choreographer of RAW (Reality At Work), a critically acclaimed New York-based dance company begun in 1997. Mia's contemporary dance company "Mia Michaels R.A.W." has performed in Seoul, Korea, the Jazz World Congress, the International Dance Festival in Amsterdam, the Gypsy Project, Jacobs Pillow, and the New York City '99 concert season. In 2001, the dance company went on a 6-week European tour.In 2003, she was Director of Choreography for Cirque du Soleil's "Delirium." She has created commissioned-work for Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Oslo Dance Ensemble, and Rhythmek Lightbody. She's worked for the American Music Awards, Celine Dion's "A New Day" and "Taking Chances World Tour," "West Side Story" and "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway, and off-Broadway with "If These Shoes Could Talk" and "Fort Chaffee".Her claim to international fame came in 2005 when she became a guest judge and contemporary choreographer for the "So You Think You Can Dance" competition television series. In 2009, she abruptly left the show after the auditions in New York City. In 2010, she returned, becoming the new resident judge for the show, replacing Mary Murphy.
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