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A dedicated student of mind and body training, her big loves within this realm are aerial dance and yoga. Her movement quality and teaching pedagogy are deeply influenced by over 15 years of  experience as a yoga teacher, dance improvisation and collaborations with other artists and humans. 

Mimi is passionate about sharing her experience as a performing and teaching artist.  With a deep reverence towards technique as a means to breakdown skills and cultivate easeful, seamless sequences, Mimi's classes cater towards a range of students from brand-new learners to those interested in professional training. She seeks to foster a supportive space that provides the most inclusive instruction to students of all backgrounds and aspirations and believes that aerial can be accessible to anyone interested in expanding their horizons.     

In 2014, Mimi developed the aerial dance program at National Dance Academy in Coralville, Iowa and has since offered recreational aerial classes, camps and performance intensives for youth, teens and all levels of adults.  She also enjoys working with students on act creation and development and offers private lessons and aerial hoop instruction.               

You can catch her One Arm Hanging & Dancing Through Loops workshop at the Denver Rope Meeting, February 13 - 16, 2026 at the Boulder Circus Center.      

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Mimi is the most down-to-earth, skilled, and approachable aerial instructor ever! It can be scary trying new things as an adult, but Mimi never puts any pressure on her students. At times I worried there wasn’t enough pressure and I wasn’t going to improve, but I just needed to trust the process and Mimi’s teaching- the amount of progress that I made in a very short period of time is amazing. If you told me when I started that I’d be where I’m at now, I don’t think I’d believe you! Mimi teaches in such an eclectic, creative, and inclusive manner. Her classes really are for any individual. In Mimi’s classes we learn, grow, sweat, laugh, and make mistakes all while supporting each other. I found such a wonderful community in her classes. I can’t thank Mimi enough for opening the door to the aerial world for me.

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Mimi Ke, Aerialist | Offering aerial silks classes, workshops, performances and aerial entertainment based out of Iowa City, Iowa.

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