Biography

Miranda Janeschild is a storyteller, choreographer, performing artist, and dancer with a long history of teaching skills that encompass acrobatics & aerial dance, contact improvisation, Feldenkrais®, and the Axis Syllabus™. Miranda’s performance art is weighted in the portrayal of the human condition through theater, air, and ground dancing while collaborating with music and circus artists. She is a senior teacher of the Axis Syllabus™ and certified since 2006. She is a certified Feldenkrais® teacher since 2004. For 10 years Miranda was the Artistic Director of a story-telling theatrical aerial dance company, Mir & A Company, comprised of risk-taking spiritual seekers. Miranda holds a Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy and has specialty certificates in pediatrics, working with at-risk infants, children with rare diseases, autism, and neuromuscular challenges.  

The Axis Syllabus is a resource manual that maps complex human movement.  Miranda uses the Axis Syllabus in dance while applying anatomy and biomechanics to harness kinetic energy for dancing with ease and exhilaration. She aims to bring embodied sensory experiences while safely moving through the day and can lead to high-performance physicality.  For more information on The Axis Syllabus click here: The Axis Syllabus Network

Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement (ATM)’s employ a collection of small movements through sensory tactics to discover a larger movement whole. The aim is to gain body control by utilizing the sensory system and eliminating excessive will or effort. Priority is given to noticing ease and comfort while learning simple to complex movement.