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An empowerment manifesto for creatives, misfits, innovators, and disruptors from the star of So You Think You Can Dance and creator of Broadway's Finding NeverlandA Unicorn in a World of Donkeys offers a playbook for living a creative and authentic life. Using her own story as a launching spot, and creative quizzes, charts, and lists to engage the reader in an interactive journey, Mia Michaels explores the experience of the unicorn in a world of donkeys, a world where fitting in, pleasing others, following rules, and maintaining norms-no matter how messed up those norms are-is the only acceptable path. She acknowledges the struggles of the unicorn life-loneliness, ridicule, being misunderstood and undervalued-and goes on encourage readers to reframe the unicorn life the way she has, as essential to a life of brilliance.
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From stage to screen, Mia Michaels has turned dance into unique works of passion & beauty. This year will mark the highly anticipated release of Mia's first book, a venture that will propel this multi-Emmy winner to even further heights. Not only is Mia one of the most sought after innovators in the world of dance, but she is also a figure of inspiration to women around the world. One of Mia's strongest talents is finding the beauty within herself and in others. From the hugely successful Broadway musical FINDING NEVERLAND, to the 68th Tony Awards featuring Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, then on to guest choreographer for the opening number of the Rockettes Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall and a guest artist & mentor for Broadway at the White House, hosted by Michelle Obama, Kristen Chenoweth, & Matthew Morrison, Mia's diverse experience is what makes her a unique unicorn. On television, Mia has served as an ever-popular judge & contributing choreographer for Fox's award winning TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" (SYTYCD) . Not only has Mia won three Emmy awards for Outstanding Choreography for the television series SYTYCD, but she was also made huge contributions towards the show receiving the "Best Reality TV Show" award at the 2008 Reality TV Show Awards. Other TV credits include a dream sequence with Hugh Laurie for the hit television show, HOUSE MD, entitled "Get Happy." Uniting with her SYTYCD judge alumnus, Adam Shankman, Mia & Adam collaborated for the big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, ROCK OF AGES. The choreography was showcased by a star-studded cast of Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand & Catherine Zeta-Jones. Following ROCK OF AGES, Mia had a co-starring role in Summit Entertainment's, STEP UP 4. Mia directed & choreographed Blake McGrath's Relax video, which was nominated for Video of the Year at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards. Other work in film includes: "Cool Women" for AMC/DreamWorks Television, award winning commercials for Mike's Hard Lemonade, Bacardi, Coldwell Banker, Ziploc, the WNBA, Star TV & VISA. The five year run of Celine Dion's show, A New Day, which played at Caesars' Palace in Las Vegas, was raved by The New York Times, stating, "The greatest pleasure was the go for-broke physicality of the choreography." The show, featuring a cast of fifty dancers and two hours of pure artistry, was one of Mia's favorite choreographic experiences. Other shows featuring Mia's choreography include Celine Dion's world Tour, Taking Chances, & Cirque du Soleil's first touring show, Delirium. Mia has also created works for numerous recording artists including Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Anna Vissi, & Prince. Mia has had the privilege to hold faculty positions at prestigious institutions of dance a