Mia Johansson

09.11 / 11.11 - Ballet

What to expect:

The ballet class of Mia focuses on healthy and anatomically correct body alignment to bring you to base and enhance your technique. Starting at the barre we focus on bodily connections and movement flow, recognizing gravity as a counterpart for length and lightness. Building on the work at the barre we continue discovering the dynamic qualities of opposition and weight transfer in center for full and space covering dancing. Understanding and sensing our bodies, staying permeable within the ballet technique, enjoying our capacity to dance!

Biography:

Born in Helsinki, Finland, Mia Johansson had her 8 year long dance education at the Finnish National ballet school. After that her first engagement was at Gothenburg Ballet, Sweden, where she danced for almost a decade bevor she moved to Germany to join Stephan Thoss Dance Company. With the Choreographer Stephan Thoss she worked for over 15 years, first as a soloist and later as ballet mistress and reherseal director for the company. As ballet mistress Mia has teached and set choreographies in several other companies, like Les Grand Ballets Canadiens Montreal, Ballet du Rhin du Moulhouse, Wiener Staatsballett and others. Since 2015 Mia is a certified Zena Rommett Floor -Barre teacher, teaching dance students, professionals and non- dancers. Mia is also a BTD certified dance and movement therapist.She is working since 2015 as teacher for Ballet technics at HfMDK Frankfurt.