Name	Mia Michaels
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Naionality	American
Date of Birth	March 1966
Place of Birth	Coconut Grove, Florida
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Mia Michaels is an Emmy Award-winning American choreographer. She has worked with Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Prince, and is best-known for contemporary dance choreography. She is a regular guest judge and choreographer on the program So You Think You Can Dance and in 2007 won an Emmy for her work on the show. She choreographed Celine Dion's Las Vegas show "A New Day...," as well as a Cirque du Soleil show, "Delirium," and several television commercials.

Michaels was born into a family of dancers. Her father Joe Michaels taught her jazz, tap and ballet from the age of three. Her sister Dana Michaels taught Mia for several years in contemporary dance. She also trained at the Miami Conservatory. She began choreographing local shows at the age of 11 for her first company, The Miami Dance Company. For years she attended summer sessions at Interlochen and Jacob's Pillow.

Michaels worked with her father at the Joe Michaels Miami Dance Center and took over the center with her sister after her father retired in 1989. She is the founder, artistic director and choreographer for the New York-based dance company RAW (Reality At Work) began in 1997.

Michaels has been on the faculty of schools including the Harid Conservatory and her alma mater, the New World School of the Arts. Her choreography has been enlisted for Miami City Ballet, Joffrey II, the Kirov Academy and the Jazz Theater of Amsterdam.