Mia Michaels

Mia Michaels Melchiona
Mia Michaels dressed in a white suit with bleach blond hair standing in front of a journalist while being filmed by an unidentified cameraman.
Michaels is interviewed backstage after the So You Think You Can Dance season four finale, August 7, 2008.
Born (1966-02-22) February 22, 1966 (age 58)
OccupationChoreographer
AwardsOutstanding Choreography
2007 So You Think You Can Dance
Outstanding Choreography
2010 So You Think You Can Dance
Outstanding Choreography
2011 So You Think You Can Dance
Websitemiamichaels.com

Mia Michaels Melchiona (known professionally as Mia Michaels; born February 22, 1966) is an American choreographer and judge on the television show So You Think You Can Dance. She has worked with Tom Cruise, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Prince, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. In 2005 she choreographed Cirque du Soleil's world tour Delirium and Celine Dion's A New Day...,[1] for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. In 2007 she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her routine on "Calling You" during season two of So You Think You Can Dance. She won another Emmy Award during season five in 2010.[2] She was a judge during season 7 with Adam Shankman and Nigel Lythgoe. She choreographed the dance sequence for "Get Happy" in the episode "Bombshells" of the television series House.

  1. ^ Bill Keveney (07/20/2005), "It takes 50 to tango, etc., on Fox's 'Dance'". USA Today. (07347456)
  2. ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences