pc: AZUMI O.E. Micayla is a creating, performing and teaching artist. She is a graduate of Mason Gross School of The Arts of Rutgers University (Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 2017).
Micayla holds arts administration experience through past positions at nonprofits Delete Blood Cancer, My Hometown Heroes and David Dorfman Dance following her B.A. completion of Entrepreneurship through Rutgers University. Micayla received her NCPT in 2017 through Polestar Pilates and currently teaches within New York City.
As a creator, Micayla's movement research delves into the self inclination of natural dance involving extreme emotional and character development. She seeks to experiment with varying mediums of art, specifying upon cross-cultural pollination through movement. Micayla's work has been presented in San Francisco at Scottish Rite Masonic Center, in New York City at Triskelion Arts, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), and Old First Reformed Church, in Jerusalem at the Gertrud Kraus Choreography Competition, and in New Jersey at Grounds For Sculpture and Rutgers University. She was the 2017 recipient of the Margery J. Turner Award for Choreography. Micayla was the artist in residence for Spoke The Hub's 2019 People's Choice, sponsored under NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.