Miia is very passionate about bringing dance to wider communities and creating inclusive and accessible space where everyone is welcomed, looked after, encouraged and feels safe. Miia has many years of experience in teaching dance to different ages and skills with organisations such as Groundswell Arts, Total Insight Theatre, Greenwich Dance and Adrenalin Dance. Miia teaches dance and movement regularly in different venues across London.

In her adult classes, Miia focuses on movement and body awareness that enables the movers to discover new ways of being through explorative movement. Using improvisation as the main tool, Miia’s classes offer movement exercises that combines imagery, sensory awareness and physical training in a playful matter.

Her movement classes for children are based on imaginative and accessible storytelling through joy and play that encourages the children to use their imagination to create as well as gaining understanding of their bodies, rhythms, and spatial awareness. Miia’s movement classes support the children’s well-being with a focus on mental health and strengthening their social skills through group creative work.  

Miia has an Enhanced DBS, First Aid Training, Mental Health First Air Training and safe guarding training.

Miia is part of the Dancing Together team with Groundswell Arts, an organisation that provides arts for families. Dancing Together focuses on the physical and mental wellbeing of babies/toddlers and their carers supporting their emotional needs and strengthening attachment relationships between. It also supports community building amongst groups of parents and children, reducing social isolation and loneliness. More information on Groundswell Arts website https://groundswellarts.com/projects/dancing-together/