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Mia Michaels: fear, courage and being a unicorn in a world of donkeys

Mia Michaels: fear, courage and being a unicorn in a world of donkeys

Update: 2018-07-24

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Mia Michaels, multiple Emmy-winning choreographer is best known for her appearances as judge and choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance and the Broadway show Neverland, and she's worked all round the world with stars from Madonna to Prince. She joins me to talk about the greatest creative challenge she's ever faced: now. Instead of climbing the next mountain with guts and determination, as she always has done, she's pausing, listening and waiting to what's ready to be born. We also talk about the importance of fear, the 'vortex of craziness' that uncertainty brings, and what brought her to write her first book: 'a guide for exceptional, excellent misfits'.

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Mia Michaels: fear, courage and being a unicorn in a world of donkeys

Mia Michaels: fear, courage and being a unicorn in a world of donkeys