MsMikaela Debela
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Dance-10
Creative Arts
- Graduate Teaching Assistant - Dance-10Creative Arts
BIO
Mikaela Debela is a creative practitioner, producer, and researcher based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Mikaela's research encounters ritual methodologies within multi-modal choreographic practice, and considers the way collaborative partnerships unfold in these conditions.
Distinctions/Honours
2025 Taitea Masters Award in Creative Research
2024 Summer Research Scholarship
2023 First in Course Award for Safe Dance Practices (Dance 222)
2023 First in Course Award for Community Dance (Dance 231)
2022 First in Course Award for Dance Kinesiology (Dance 112)
2022 First in Course Award for Dance Writing (Dance 121)
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND APPOINTMENTS
- Graduate Teaching Assistant - Dance-10Faculty of Arts and Education, Creative Arts, New Zealand
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Graduate Teaching Assistant (DANCE 110:Contemporary Dance and Choreography 1)University of Auckland, Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education, Auckland, New Zealand21 Jul 2025 - 14 Nov 2025
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Producer - Dance Studies Performance SeriesUniversity of Auckland, Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education, Auckland, New Zealand13 Jul 2026 - present
- Dance TeacherHeel Haus, Auckland, New Zealand14 Feb 2026 - present
- Photo Archive CuratorUniversity of Auckland, Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education, Auckland, New Zealand20 May 2025 - 19 Dec 2025
- Stage Manager - Dance Studies Performance SeriesUniversity of Auckland, Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education, Auckland, New Zealand15 Sep 2025 - 14 Nov 2025
- Student AmbassadorUniversity of Auckland, Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, Auckland, New Zealand27 Aug 2022 - 15 Nov 2024
DEGREES
- Bachelor of Dance StudiesUniversity of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand28 Feb 2022 - 15 Nov 2024
FACULTY / INSTITUTE
- Arts and Education