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Mike Mirlin is a driven creator through and through. Before Upstage, Mike held professional contracts with Saskatchewan based dance companies; Free Flow Dance Theatre, Saskatchewan Contemporary Ballet, and Nu-West Dance Theatre, as well as founding and directing his own company, Elements: Power in Creation from 2010-2017. Mike also fronted Sask rock band, Bored, from 2000-2010 as lead singer/drummer.
Mike has international credits as a two-time presenter/performer at the world’s largest Dance Conference, daCi International, in Salvador, Brazil 2003 and The Hague, Netherlands 2006. Mike danced with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, was featured in the Dancing with the Stars tour show, performed for Queen Elizabeth II at the Saskatchewan Centennial Gala in 2005 as well as the Canada Day celebration event in London, England 2006.
Mike has over a decade of experience in curriculum based programming as a Dance Arts Educator, traveling to over a dozen Saskatchewan schools in both Catholic and Public systems, and held the Dance Educator position in Saskatoon’s Fine-Arts School, Georges Vanier Elementary from 2010-2015. Mike partners with schools through government grant programs to offer many collaborative performing arts opportunities as Artist in Residence in central and northern Saskatchewan.
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