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Mia was born!
Mia was born on February 22, 1966 in Coconut Grove, Florida to a family of dancers.
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Mia Michael's Life
Sources:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1677074/bio
http://www.danceinforma.com/EZINE14_Mia_Michaels.html
http://miamichaels.weebly.com/biography.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/mia-michaels_n_1562300.html
http://miamichaels.com/about/
http://www.beckii.com/img/portfolio/rawdance/miamichaels_rawdance.jpg
http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/1200*900/mia+michaels+sytycd.LPG
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Learned how to dance
At the age of three her father, Joe Michaels, began teaching her jazz, tap, and ballet. While her sister, Dana Michaels, taught her contemporary dance. -
Started choregraphing
She started choregraphing dances at the age of 11. She never danced professionally because she was thicker, so she decided to be involved by making up dances -
Mia becomes the founder of a dance company
Mia became the founder, artistic director and choregrapher for RAW (Reality At Work), a critically acclaimed New-York based dance company. Which in 2001 went on a 6-week European Tour -
Mia choreographed Madonna's performance
Mia choreographed Madonna's "Drowned World Tour" -
Mia worked with Celine Dion and dancers for "A New Day" Performance
Mia helped choregraph Celine's show in Las Vegas, called "A New Day." Which consisted of 50 performers who danced for a complete 2 hours. -
Becomes a judge and choregraphy for "So You Think You Can Dance"
In 2005, Mia became a guest judge and comtemporary choregrapher for Fox Network's "So You Think You Can Dance." -
Her choregraphy was displayed in Cirque Du Soleil's Delirium
Mia choregraphed parts of Cirque Du Soleil's first touring show Delirium.
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Emmy Award Winner
Mia won an Emmy for her outstanding choregraphy on "So You Think You Can Dance" with the "Calling You" performance -
Emmy Award Winner
Won an Emmy for her outstanding choregraphy on "So You Think You Can Dance" for the "Gravity/Addiction" and "Koop Island Blues & One" -
Emmy Award WInner
Mia won an Emmy for her "Alice in Mia-Land: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "When We Dance," and "This Bitter Earth-On The Nature of Daylight" choregraphy -
Mia works with Jump the Alternate Dance Convention
Mia becomes an employee of Jump the Alternate Dance Convention -
Choreographed for Rock of Ages Movie
She choregraphed dances for big time performers like Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand and Catherine Zeta-Jones for the Warner Brothers film -
Makes her own acting debut in "Step Up 4: Revolution"
Mia stars in the dance film "Step Up 4: The Revolution" as Olivia -
Innovative Women Award
2013 Variety Magazine named her one of the most innovative women
