About Mira

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Mira Hills

is a stage manager, choreographer, instructor, and a Talent Casting Coordinator for Live Entertainment for Walt Disney World. She gained these skills while studying at Arizona State University (ASU). Mira received a BFA in Dance and a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation as a Barrett Honors student. She has been training, performing, and creating movement for 19 years with mentors such as Liz Lerman, Keith Thompson, and Kristin Sudeikis. Mira has held internships and work study jobs at institutions including American Dance Festival, Orlando Ballet School, and Releve Dance Academy where she received hands-on experience in arts administration and pedagogical approaches. Mira’s goal as an arts entrepreneur and educator is to create a supportive and educational environment that will foster creativity within each student through art. Under the direction of Carolyn Koch, Mira has worked as a stage manager and lighting designer for dance productions at ASU. She has performed and/or choreographed for the Arizona State Dancing Devils, ASU’s Undergraduate and Graduate Project Presentations, Fall Forward, Spring Dance Fest, American College Dance Association and Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Mira was awarded 1st place in the AzDEO Student Choreography Contest for her piece Compos Mentis, and she continues to create work that reflects her values of commitment, effective creativity, and vulnerability. Mira’s dream is to continue in the dance field as an instructor, artistic director, stage manager, and casting director of dance performance.

Experience

 

Assistant Stage Manager

Ballet Arizona, Arizona State University, School of Film, Dance, and Theatre


School Administrative Intern

Orlando Ballet School


Dance Instructor

Releve Dance Academy


Talent Casting Coordinator

Live Entertainment, Walt Disney World, FL


Studios and Community Work-Study

American Dance Festival


Tour Guide

Arizona State University, School of Film, Dance, and Theatre


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Picture this:

You clasp your hands together and leave just enough space between your palms to start twirling your thumbs. Being able to do this successfully, without your thumbs running into each other, feel some sort of satisfaction. You keep going, making different sized circumferences, big and small with a faster motion, like cogs in a well oiled machine. The action feels like something you could sit and infinitely experience.


The mechanical nature of the structure and organization mixed with the chaos of constant movement, explores where the ordinary meets the mesmerizing. This is what I recreate through dance. The constant motion and montages of movement humanize the performers through shape and form. The continual movement is repurposed throughout the work. The unexpected and spontaneity inspires my movement creation. I use lighting to warmly invite the audience into a trance, paired with hypnotic music selections.

Commercial Dance Reel - 2021

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

 

Academic Background

 

Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College

BFA Dance

Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Learn more by checking out the resume

Photos (in order as shown) by Carlos Velarde and Tim Trumble. Choreography by Avery Polster.

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Compos Mentis