MIMI  LIU  WORKS  

 

MIMI LIU  ​She is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory where she obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree in Dance. Her classical and modern repertoire includes Don Quixote, Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Graduation Ball, Paquita, Coppelia, Le Corsaire, Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux (George Balanchine), Continuo (Antony Tudor), Psalm (José Limón), Index (Murray Louis), and many others. Mimi’s undergraduate excellence was also featured in The Dance Spirit magazine and the Boston local news.

 

 

She received her early dance training from The American Ballet Theatre summer intensives in New York City, The Boston Ballet School, and The Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA). She had the pleasure to study and work under notable dance professionals such as Seán Curran, Alaine Haubert, Steven B. Hyde, James C. Martin, Nancy Raffa, Yasuko Tokunaga, Donna Silva, Jessica Lang, Adriana Suárez, Donald Mahler, Ted Kivitt and Phyllis Lamhut to just name a few. During her career as a dancer, Mimi has graced many stages and venues across America, including the Detroit Opera House, New York Live Arts, Segerstrom Concert Hall, JCC Manhattan, Boston Children's Hospital, The New York Public Library, Ballet Arts NYC, Laguardia Arts at Lincoln Square and countless more. 

 

In her postgraduate years, Mimi concentrated on teaching dance. As a Southern California native, she has taught and choreographed original works for Saddleback College, Orange Coast College and The Orange County High School of the Arts. After moving to New York City, Mimi has taught at multiple dance organizations including Brooklyn Ballet, The Ballet Club, American Liberty Ballet, Fitness Meets Dance, Hope for New York, Everyday Ballet, American Youth Dance Theatre, Success Academy Charter Schools, The NY Kids Club and the list goes on. She also collaborated with film makers, directors, and music composers in multimedia projects and dance films throughout the United States. Having created dozens of original dance works for film, unique sites, and the stage, her dance film “Sugar Rush” was screened at the 2017 Dance and New Media Conference in New York City. 

 

Mimi holds a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Dance, Choreography & New Media as a Shubert Foundation Dance Scholar from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and is certified in levels Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. Additionally, Mimi also finished her Masters of Arts (M.A.) degree in Dance Education at Hunter College on full-tuition scholarship, and graduated with a New York State Teaching Certification in K-12th Dance. Mimi completed three years of full-time teaching at Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School as the in-house dance teacher for grades Pre-K through 5th. During her service, students were accepted into Ballet Tech, and danced in Master Classes with The Juilliard School's Director of Dance Alicia Graf Mack, as well as the RIOULT Dance Company. 

 

Currently, she serves as a full-time dance teacher at a Performing Arts Middle School in the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE). She is also presently the creator and producer of Plié For The People, a free online ballet training program on YouTube that is gradually gaining international appeal.

 

Apart from being an active agent in dance practice, Mimi also teamed up with Ballet Herald, an international online dance publication reporting on the latest happenings in the ballet world. She enjoys writing dance reviews and is proud to be on the New York-based team.

 

Mimi believes her success means making a difference in her students' lives, and she is most passionate about demystifying the art of ballet for a diverse group of students.​​​

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