Mimi Ferrie, Founder and Director

Mimi Ferrie (she/her) is a movement educator, performer, community leader, producer, and arts & health advocate. With twenty consecutive years in children’s movement education, she brings her passion and expertise in dance, movement, and the arts to the organizations she partners with. She has taught in multiple schools, libraries, community centers, churches, and art spaces, reaching thousands of students over her career. She served as the program director for Mountain Contemporary Dance Arts for seven years, implementing an artistry-focused program for movers ages two-adult in the licensed childcare facility Mountain Kids Louisville. She has worked with students with a broad range of movement experiences and cultural, physical, and neurological diversity in classroom and family settings. Mimi is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder dance department and has continued her education in child development, arts education, and public health with institutions including the Colorado School of Public Health, Luna Dance Institute, University of Colorado Denver and National Dance Education Organization. She recently served on the 2021-2022 revision committee for the Colorado Academic Dance Standards for the Colorado Department of Education. She is currently an Arts in Public Health graduate student with the University of Florida’s School of Arts in Medicine. Mimi is the Executive Director of Wild Heart Dance and Co-Director of New Breed Dance Company, and mama to her two young children.