MIA MERCALDO

5650 Graduate Circle #2107, Tampa FL 33617

mmercaldo@usf.edu · 404-889-9468

EDUCATION
2018-2022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FL
BFA in Ballet Performance and Minor in Chemistry
o Daily Modern and Ballet technique classes
o Other included courses: Choreography, Ballet and Modern Dance History, Dance
Kinesiology, Pedagogy and Laban Movement Analysis
o Ballet Faculty: Andrew Carroll, Osmany Montano, and Paula Nunez
Modern Faculty: Andee Scott, Michael Foley, Jeanne Travers, John Parks, Bliss
Kohlmeyer, and Sadie Lehmker

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
2021
USF FALL DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, choreography by: Joshua L. Peugh
o Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux, restaged by: Osmany Montano
o Inner verities, choreography by: Sadie Lehmker
2021
USF STUDENT DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Life Happens (dance film), choreography by: Shelby Fair
2021
USF SPRING DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o The Unveiling (dance film), choreography by: Paula Nunez
2020
USF STUDENT DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o The Testimony, choreography by: Shelby Fair
2020
USF SPRING DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Untitled, choreography by: Paula Nunez
o Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020
USF FALL DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
 o Ebb Tide, choreography by: Andrew Carroll
2019
USF FALL BFA CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Entre-nous, choreography by: Caitlyn Schoen
o Antes, Despues, y Presente, choreography by: Shanira Delgado
2019
USF FALL DANCE CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Autumn Gusts, choreography by: Andrew Carroll
2019
USF SPRING BFA CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Love is the Only Way, choreography by: Patricia Planzo
2018
USF FALL BFA CONCERT, TAMPA, FL
o Buen Camino, choreography by: Michelle Anduiza

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

2022
MURMURS OF THE RIVER: RACE, IDENTITY, AND MEMORY:
AN INTERDISCINIPLINARY, COLLABORATIVE,
CHOREOGRAPHIC FILM PROJECT,
USF SCHOOL OF THEATRE & DANCE
DIRECTED BY: JEANNE TRAVERS AND BLISS KOHLMEYER IN COLLABORATION WITH

AWARDS

2021-2022
FALL AND SPRING DANCE TALENT GRANT, USF SCHOOL OF
THEATRE & DANCE
2021
SUMMER STUDY SCHOLARSHIP, USF DANCE DEPARTMENT
2021
DEAN’S LIST OF SCHOLARS
2020-2021
FALL AND SPRING DANCE TALENT GRANT, USF SCHOOL OF
THEATRE & DANCE
2018-2022
USF GREEN & GOLD PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP

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ADDITIONAL STUDIES
2021
VIRTUAL COLLEGIATE BALLET SUMMER INTENSIVE,
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
o Ballet Faculty: Ethan Brown, Sascha Radetsky, Ethan Stiefel, Suzanne Goldman,
Elizabeth Ferrell, Kate Williams, Charles Askegard
o Other Faculty: Adrienne Hurd (Horton), Hollie Wright (Jazz), Carmela Gallace
(Character), Raymond Lukens (Mime), Joe Phillips (Yoga), Thomas Forster and
Roman Zhurbin (conditioning)

2019
NEW YORK CITY BALLET SUMER INTENSIVE, JOFFREY BALLET
o New York City, New York
o Ballet Faculty: Era Jouravlev, Andrei Jouravlev, Marina Bogdanova, Josie Walsh
o Modern Faculty: Bradley Shelver (Horton), Wesley Ensminger, Angelica Stiskin,
Lukasz Zieba
o Contemporary Ballet Faculty: Michael Waldrop, Dwight Rhoden, Youngsil
Kim, Desmond Richardson

2018
FLORIDA SUMMER INTENSIVE, AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
o University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance, Tampa, FL
o Ballet Faculty: Franco DeVita, Raymond Lukens, Kate Lydon, Cheryl Madeux,
Carmela Gallace, Leanna Underwood
o Other Faculty: Andee Scott (Modern), John Parks (Jazz), Carmela Gallace
(Character), Raymond Lukens (Mime), Tina Bedore-Tidwell (Yoga)

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

2021
INTERN AT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE SUMMER
INTENSIVE @ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FL

2019
INTERN AT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE SUMMER
INTENSIVE @ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FL

POSITIONS HELD
2021-2022 Marketing Chair, Student Dance Production Board
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