MIA KEINANEN is a Finnish dancer, choreographer and scholar. She holds a Doctorate from Harvard University in dance and cognition, Masters in educational technologies from Harvard University and BA (Hons) from London Contemporary Dance school. She also studied at the Alvin Ailey Dance School, Harvard Summer Dance Program and Merce Cunningham Studios in their scholarship programs, as well as with many independent teachers in London, New York, Boston, Paris and Copenhagen. Mia has danced and improvised professionally in Europe and the US for the past fifteen years. Mia holds an interest in dance and technology and has collaborated in various new media projects at MIT Media Lab and with independent new media artists. Currently Mia is based in Moscow where she researchers intuition as a post doctorate fellow through the Media Lab in Finland and is a lecturer of new dance at the Theater Academy in Finland.