Mia DeWeese (she/her)

When Mia was 16, she made up her mind that she wanted to move to New York City to dance professionally. Her parents were adamant that she attend college, so the Ohio native researched colleges in the city with reputable dance departments. Though she never toured Marymount Manhattan College before enrolling, her instincts told her during the dance audition that it was the place she wanted to be. DeWeese graduated from Marymount Manhattan in 2013 with her BFA in Dance with a minor in Business Management.

The two years after graduating were a struggle for DeWeese, who had to work four separate side jobs to make ends meet while searching for dance work. She ultimately eventually decided to take the LSAT. A few weeks after DeWeese scheduled her LSAT test, she attended one of choreographer Sonya Tayeh’s dance classes. After the class, Tayeh asked her to be a part of a piece she was choreographing.

Since then she has worked on five shows with Tayeh, including the Tony Award Winning show Moulin Rouge in which she's both a swing and associate choreographer!