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Mia Michaels
Mia Michaels dressed in a white suit with bleach blond hair standing in front of a journalist while being filmed by an unidentified cameraman.
Doing interviews backstage after the "So You Think You Can Dance" season four finale.
Born(1966-03-00)March , 1966
Coconut Grove, Florida United States
OccupationChoreographer
Height5'11
AwardsOutstanding Choreography
2007 So You Think You Can Dance
WebsiteMiaMichaels.com

Mia Michaels is an American choreographer best known for her judging and contemporary choreography on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). She has worked with musical artists such as Celine Dion, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Prince.[1]In 2005 she choreographed Cirque du Soleil's world tour, "Delirium" as well as Celine Dion's Las Vegas show "A New Day..."[2] for which she was later nominated for Emmy. In 2007 she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her "Calling You" routine on season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance; she won again in 2010 for her work on season 5.[3] She is now a main judge of So You Think You Can Dance together with Adam Shankman and Nigel Lythgoe for season 7.

Early life

Michaels was born in Coconut Grove, Florida in March of 1966 to a family of dancers.[4] Her father Joe Michaels taught her jazz, tap, and ballet from the age of three at the Miami Dance Center[4][5]. Her sister Dana Michaels taught her contemporary dance.[6][7] While growing up she attended summer sessions at Interlochen Center for the Arts and at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts.[4][6]

Career

Mia’s choreography for Celine Dion’s "A New Day" under the direction of Franco Dragone at Caesars’ Palace in Las Vegas has received stunning reviews. The show features a cast of 50 dancers. Currently her work can be seen on Cirque du Soleil’s first touring show, Delirium, which premiered March 2006. She has also created works for numerous recording artists including Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Anna Vissi, and Prince. [8]

On television, Mia is a judge and contributing choreographer for the Fox television show (and touring company) “So You Think You Can Dance.” [9]Mia won an Emmy award for Choreography on a Television Series for her work “Calling You” on SYTYCD.[10] Other work in film and television includes “Cool Women” for AMC/DreamWorks Television and award winning commercials for Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Bacardi, Coldwell Banker, and Ziper.[11]

On October 14, 2009 Mia Michaels cryptically announced via her twitter account that her status on SYTYCD was changing. She tweeted “I AM OFFICIALLY AN ADORING FAN OF SYTYCD….THANK U FOR 5 WONDERFUL YRS,” then she followed up with, “THANKS SYTYCD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHATS AHEAD FOR ME…LOOKOUT WORLD!!!!!” [12] The show’s executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe confirmed on October 15, 2009, Michaels’ immediate departure from the show. Lythgoe thanked Michaels for her assistance during the auditions phase of season 6 which was being broadcast during the fall of 2009. He also made it known that Michaels was welcome to return to the show at any time during season 6 or in subsequent seasons. [13] Michaels later revealed she left the show to participate as a choreographer for the Canadian, UK and Australian versions of SYTYCD. In addition, Michaels shared she was moving forward on several other projects, including her own choreography show, participating in a documentary/reality show, working on a clothing line, and working on a book deal.[14] Michaels did choreograph a routine for So You Think You Can Dance Canada's second season finale on October 25; the theme of the piece evoked her choice to depart the franchise. During rehearsal in Toronto, she injured her back and could not be present for the live performance. On January 25, 2010 The New York Post claimed she was returning to SYTYCD for season 7.[15] Michaels confirmed it via Twitter on January 28.[16]

She will soon be seen on the big screen in the new motion picture Move, directed by Kurt E. Soderling and Melinda Songer, due in 2010. She plays herself in the film along with others like Tyce Diorio, Paula Abdul, Wade Robson and Nigel Lythgoe.[17]

Bravo (US TV channel) recently announced a new docuseries focusing on Michaels.[18]

Included in her concert and stage work is the critically acclaimed New York based dance company RAW (Reality At Work), for which she is the founder, artistic director and choreographer since the beginning in 1997[19][4]. She has created works for the Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of “Hello Dolly!” starring Tovah Feldshuh, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Jazz Dance Chicago, and Oslo Dance Ensemble. Her choreography has been seen off-Broadway with “If These Shoes Could Talk,” and “Fort Chaffee.”[20]

Michaels was one of many choreographers set to pay tribute to Michael Jackson at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Michaels was to join Wade Robson, Tyce Diorio, Laurie Ann Gibson, Brian Friedman, and other dancer-choreographers in performing with Janet Jackson for her rendition of the song Scream[21], but suffered an injury during rehearsals and was thus unable to perform on the show.

Michaels has been on the faculty of schools including the Harid Conservatory, the Ailey School of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Broadway Dance Center, in New York City [22], and her alma mater, the New World School of the Arts. Her choreography has been enlisted for the Miami City Ballet, Joffrey II, the Kirov Academy and the Jazz Theater of Amsterdam.[4]

Michaels now serves as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance.

So You Think You Can Dance

Season Week Dancers Dance style Music Notes
1 2 Destini Rogers
Blake McGrath 		Lyrical Jazz "A Song for You"—Donny Hathaway
Ashlé Dawson
Artem Chigvinsev 		Lyrical Jazz ”A Song for You” —Donny Hathaway
5 Kamilah Barrett
Nick Lazzarini 		Contemporary "King of Pain"—The Police
7 Ashlé Dawson
Melody Lacayanga 		Contemporary "Message in a Bottle"—The Police
2 6 Travis Wall
Heidi Groskreutz 		Contemporary "Calling You" —"Celine Dion" Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography 2007
Heidi Groskreutz’s favourite routine of the season
Allison Holker
Ryan Rankine 		Contemporary "Ethna"—Klement Bonelli
8 Top 6 Contemporary "Hide and Seek" from Imogen Heap
9 Donyelle Jones
Travis Wall 		Contemporary "Georgia on My Mind"—Ray Charles
3 1 Lacey Schwimmer
Kameron Bink 		Contemporary "Dancing"—Elisa
3 Shauna Noland
Cedric Gardner 		Contemporary "I Thought We Had"—The Family Stand
5 Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell 		Contemporary "Let the Drummer Kick"—Citizen Cope
6 Top 10 Contemporary ”The Moment I Said It” —Imogen Heap
7 Lacey Schwimmer
Neil Haskell 		Contemporary ”Time” —Billy Porter Dan Karaty’s favourite routine of the season
8 Lauren Gottlieb
Danny Tidwell 		Contemporary ”Then You Look at Me —Celine Dion
9 Neil Haskell
Danny Tidwell 		Contemporary ”Are You the One?” —The Presets
4 1 Chelsie Hightower
Mark Kanemura 		Contemporary "Beautiful"—Meshell Ndegeocello
3 Top 16 Contemporary ”The Dance” —Charlotte Martin
4 Kherington Payne
Stephen Twitch Boss 		Contemporary "Dreaming with a Broken Heart"—John Mayer
Katee Shean
Joshua Allen 		Contemporary "Hometown Glory"—Adele
6 Top 5 female dancers Contemporary ”Ave Maria” —Celine Dion
7 Katee Shean
Stephen Twitch Boss 		Contemporary ”Mercy” —Duffy Nominated for the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
Mary Murphy’s favourite routine of the season
9 Top 4 Contemporary ”Hallelujah” —The Vitamin String Quartet
5 2 Top 18 Contemporary "Higher Ground"—Stevie Wonder
3 Randi Evans
Evan Kasprzak 		Contemporary "Koop Island Blues"—Koop featuring Ane Brun Won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
One of Adam Shankman’s favourite routines of the season
5 Kayla Radomski
Kūpono Aweau 		Contemporary "Gravity"—Sarah Bareilles Won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
One of Nigel Lythgoe’s favourite routines of the season
7 Top 8 Contemporary "One" from A Chorus Line Won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
9 Jeanine Mason
Kayla Radomski 		Contemporary ”The Four Section: IV (Full Orchestra)” —Steve Reich
7 1 Bill Bell
Ade Obayomi
Alex Wong 		Contemporary "This Bitter Earth/On the Nature of Daylight"—Max Richter and Dinah Washington
4 Top 8 Contemporary "Shall We Dance"—Sting
7 Top 6 and All-Stars Contemporary "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"—Sting

Awards

References

  1. ^ 2002 Nominees Outstanding Achievement in Commercials- Coldwell Banker “Buying” - Mia Michaels iPressroom American Choreography Awards.
  2. ^ Bill Keveney (07/20/2005), "It takes 50 to tango, etc., on Fox's 'Dance'". USA Today. (07347456)
  3. ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  4. ^ a b c d e f g McDonagh, Don; Caras, Steven (August 1998), "Blonde ambition". Dance Magazine. 72 (8):58
  5. ^ "A Towering Force", Gold Rush Magazine March 2007
  6. ^ a b c 2002 Nominees Outstanding Achievement in Commercials- Coldwell Banker “Buying” - Mia Michaels iPressroom American Choreography Awards.
  7. ^ Coldwell Banker “Buying” - Mia Michaels / The American Choreography Awards
  8. ^ Past Faculty - Jazz Broadway Dance Center, New York City.
  9. ^ Bill Keveney (07/20/2005), "It takes 50 to tango, etc., on Fox's 'Dance'". USA Today. (07347456)
  10. ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  11. ^ Past Faculty - Jazz Broadway Dance Center, New York City.
  12. ^ http://twitter.com/MMRAW, Mia Michaels twitter page, retrieved October 15, 2009
  13. '^ Adam Markovitz, “Mia Micheals tweets that she is leaving 'So You Think You Can Dance" Entertainment Weekly, October 15, 1950, http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/10/15/mia-michaels-leaving-so-you-think-you-can-dance/ retrieved October 15. 2009
  14. ^ Dreben, Jed; People .com, "Mia Michaels: Why I Left So You Think You Can Dance", October 28.2009 http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/10/28/mia-michaels-why-i-left-so-you-think-you-can-dance/ Retrieved October 28, 2009
  15. ^ "PopWrap Exclusive: Mia Michaels returning to 'Dance'!". Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  16. ^ "Twitter". Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  17. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988041/
  18. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i724486204375a1060c656377e900b7b2
  19. ^ http://fox61tv.com/first/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=173&Itemid=48
  20. ^ Past Faculty - Jazz Broadway Dance Center, New York City
  21. ^ http://www.mtv.ca/vma/2009/article.jhtml?id=20301
  22. ^ Past Faculty - Jazz Broadway Dance Center , New York City.
  23. ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  24. ^ 2003 Nominees Outstanding Achievement in Television - Variety Series - Celine in Las Vegas: Opening Night Live! iPressroom American Choreography Awards.
  25. ^ Awards Internet Movie Database.
  26. ^ 2009 Nominations List

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