BFA in Dance Performance from The Hartt School at The University of Hartford

Mikaela Papasodero is from Middleboro, MA. She received her training from The Gold School under the direction of Rennie Gold. While at The Gold School she was a member of Project Moves Dance Company and the opportunity to work with artists such as Tyce Diorio, Teddy Forance, and many more. Mikaela graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance Performance from The Hartt School at The University of Hartford in 2019. She has had the pleasure to perform works by Shannon Gillen, Paul Taylor, Jose Limon, Manuel Vignouelle, Bryan Arias, Martha Graham, Katie Stevenson-Nollet, Debra Collins-Ryder, Ralph Perkins, and Stephen Pier. 

Mikaela is currently living in Hoboken NJ and is dancing with American Liberty Ballet, and Spark Movement Collective. She was previously working with Rioult Repertory Project, and Amirov Dance Theatre (both on pause due to Covid). She has performed works by Pascal Rioult, Michelle Thompson Ulerich, Jere Hunt, Alexandra Amirov, Lauren Curley and Charles Scheland. She is currently on faculty at The Next Step School of Dance and No Limits Performing Arts Studio. Mikaela has had the pleasure of teaching the Music and Movement class at PCC in 2017. She was the Dance teacher for Boston Children's Theater summer program in 2019. She was also and instructor for Sparkidz (an Organization offering dance classes to children with special needs).

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Mikaela's Choreographic works have been presented at the Ailey Citigroup Theater with KoDaFe Dance Festival, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, Versatility Dance Festival in Boulder, CO, Rioult In-HouseArtist Concert, Making Moves Dance Festival, and NUVU Festival (canceled due to Covid).