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Mifa
Ko was born in Tokyo and studied with the Matsuyama Ballet
School. She also trained at the Academie de Dance Classique Princess
Grace in Monte Carlo, the Bolshoi Ballet in Russia and the Boston
Ballet School, where she had the opportunity to perform with the company
in The Nutcracker and Le Corsaire. Mifa has worked with Valentina
Koslova at the Daring Project, the New Dance Group and Connecticut
Ballet. Most recently, she was a member of the James Sewell Ballet
and Minnesota Dance Theatre where she had the opportunity to perform
works of several well known choreographers including Dwight Roden,
Elisa Monte, Anthony Tuder, Jose Limon and Gioconda Barbuto. Performing
at the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Nagano has been
one of the highlights of her career. Mifa currently dances for The
Metropolitan Ballet Minneapolis/St. Paul and Ajkun Ballet Theatre
in NYC. Mifa has appeared as a guest artist performing leading roles
in several full-length ballets including Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Romeo
& Juliet and Giselle. Artist
Philosophy
I have been
pursuing dance and the performing arts for 25 years, studying and
performing around the world. For the past six years my work as a
dancer has been concentrated in the Twin Cities area and during
this time my career as a performing artist has bloomed in ways that
has deepened my connection with other performers and choreographers
while furthering my craft as a dancer. Receiving this prestigious
award has been a very moving and inspiring experience. To be honored
with recognition by colleagues in this way, I am filled with a further
sense of how this community supports its artists and strives to
make this community a better place to live both for the patrons
of the arts and the artists themselves.
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