Hayley Midea, Instructor

Hayley HeadshotHAYLEY MIDEA is a dancer and choreographer originally from Wixom, Michigan. In April of 2020, Hayley received a BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University where she has performed works by Jackie Nowicki, Monique Haley, Carolyn Pavlik, Kelsey Paschich, Jeremy Blair, Joseph A. Hernandez and BAIRA MVMNT/PHLOSPHY. Hayley was also a company member of Western Dance Project, under the direction of Whitney Moncrief. Hayley has trained in a variety of styles including contemporary, jazz, ballet, and modern. The Michigan Dance Council awarded Hayley the Maggie Allesee Choreography Award for her piece “Dear Larry,” in 2019. Hayley also performed her work at the 2020 ACDA East-Central Regional Conference where she was selected to perform at the National Conference in Long Beach, California. Hayley has been teaching and choreographing dance throughout Michigan since 2015 and is excited to expand into the Chicagoland area! Along with teaching dance, Hayley will be an Emerging Artist with South Chicago Dance Theatre for their 2020-2021 season.