“Having nurtured hundreds of students to both performance and examination success and taught those from 6 months old - 80 years young, I am hugely passionate in sharing the value movement has in enhancing one’s wellbeing and helping them to experience the joy it radiates. I started Firebird to meet the demand for a dance-influenced fitness offer that puts a premium on great teaching and community.”  

Beginning classes at the age of three, Mia reached advanced levels in her jazz, modern, tap and contemporary examinations. She completed all of her RAD ballet graded and vocational examinations up to and including her Advanced 2. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance, the UK’s premier dance education school, in 2018 with first-class honours and a distinction in the Licentiate.

Mia has worked in a wide range of private, public and school contexts as well as with those with special needs, through the RAD’s RADiate project. She has always been particularly interested in the link between dance, fitness and wellbeing and subsequently gained her Level 3 Personal Trainer certification specialising in HITT, conditioning and strength training. Her latest role involved coordinating and delivering a range of specialised classes for both children and adults at a start-up family club.