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Mia was born
Mia was born on February 22, 1966 in Coconut Grove, Florida to a family of dancers. Mia Michaels Biography -
Mia started dancing!
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. imdb -
Mia started choreographing!
Mia started choreographing at the age of 11 & never danced professionally due to her body type so after many, many rejections, she decided to create her own world of dance Get To Know: Mia Michaels -
Mia started a dance company
She is the founder, artistic director and choreographer of RAW (Reality At Work). Mia's contemporary dance company "Mia Michaels R.A.W." has performed all over the globe including Seoul, Korea, the Jazz World Congress, the International Dance Festival in Amsterdam, and 6 weeks on a European tour Mia Michaels Biography -
Mia choreographed for Madonna
Mia was contacted by Madonna to be one of her choreographers on her Drowned World Tour Getting To Know: Mia Michaels -
Nominated for an Emmy
Nominated for her outstanding choreography for Céline Dion: Opening Night Live Las Vegas -
Choreographed for Celine Dion
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. -
"So You Think You Can Dance"
Mia became a guest judge and comtemporary choregrapher for Fox Network's "So You Think You Can Dance." -
Cirque Du Soleil "Delirium"
Mia choregraphed parts of Cirque Du Soleil's first touring show Delirium. <ahref='http://www.broadwaydancecenter.com/faculty/bios/michaels_mia.shtml' >Delirium </a> -
Emmy Award
Mia won an Emmy for outstanding choregraphy on "So You Think You Can Dance" with the "Calling You" performance "Calling You" -
Nominated for an Emmy
Nominated for outstanding choreography for "Mercy" on So You Think You Can Dance -
2nd Emmy Award
Mia won her 2nd Emmy for her outstanding choregraphy on "So You Think You Can Dance" for "Gravity/Addiction" and "Koop Island Blues & One" "Koop Island Blues"
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Won her 3rd Emmy
Won her 3rd Emmy for the routines "Alice in Mia-Land Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "When We Dance" and "This Bitter Earth - On The Nature of Daylight" on So You Think You Can Dance -
"Step Up 4: The Revolution"
Mia stars in the dance film "Step Up 4: The Revolution" as Olivia -
Innovative Women Award
Variety Magazine named her one of the most innovative women in 2013
