UPCOMING
SONDER IN FILM FESTIVALS
sept - nov 2024
Film Screenings.
Mia’s dance film collaboration with director RJ Muna has been selected for numerous film festivals throughout the United States and worldwide! With intricate choreography by Mia, stunning visual design by RJ Muna, and resonant music by Daniel Berkman, Sonder is EIGHT/MOVES’ first-ever project, marking the start of an exciting new company’s history. Find a screening near you!
SEPT 14 | Boston Dance Film Festival (Boston, MA, USA) - Selected
SEPT 21 | Ketchikan Dance Film Festival (Ketchikan, AK, USA) - Selected
OCT 11 | Inspired Dance Film Festival (Surry Hills, NSW, AUS) - Semi-Finalist
OCT 19 | Exeter Dance International Film Festival (Stepcote Hill, ENG, UK) - Nominee for Best Dance Ensemble, Choreography, and General Category
OCT 19 | Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) - Selected
OCT 20 | San Francisco Dance Film Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA) - Selected
OCT 25 | Seoul Whistler Film Festival (Seoul, Yongsan, SKR) - Selected
NOV 2 | Frame x Frame Film Festival (Houston, TX, USA) - Selected
NOV 8 | Dance Camera Istanbul (Beyoglu-Istanbul, TR) - Selected
NOV 15 | IMMAGI]NA Film Festival (Pozzuoli, NA, IT) - Selected
gonzaga university residency
spokane, wa | oct 2024 + Jan 2025
New Work in collaboration with Brenda Way, Artistic Director of ODC/Dance.
Mia will be creating a new work on the Gonzaga University dance students in collaboration with her longtime mentor, Brenda Way. This piece will premiere on January 31, 2025 within a mixed repertory program performed by ODC/Dance at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center in Spokane, WA.
new work for odc/dance
San Francisco, ca | July 2025
New Work Commissioned and performed by ODC/Dance.
Mia will choreograph her first-ever piece on ODC/Dance, where she danced for six seasons and currently serves as Staging Director. Having trained at the ODC School since she was five years old, this new piece will add a touching new layer to her shared history with ODC. Mia’s new work will premiere in Summer Sampler in July 2025.