Mika Manning

Mika Manning (she/they) is a dance artist, instructor, and arts administrator based on the unceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, also known as Vancouver, BC. Mika graduated with a diploma in dance from Arts Umbrella in 2016 and completed further training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance from 2016–2018.

In 2019, Mika returned to Vancouver to pursue a freelance career. As part of Deleeuw/Gilbert/Manning, she has created and performed collaborative works, including the full-length piece i know you know, presented in the 2022–2023 VIDF Livestream series. Mika also performed in Company 605’s Future, Futures, currently streaming on CBC Gem. As an instructor, she has taught Ballet, Modern, and Jazz to students ages 6–17 and was on faculty for Arts Umbrella’s Junior and Teen Summer Dance Intensives in 2023 and 2024.

Mika recently completed her Bachelor’s degree with distinction in art, performance, and cinema studies at Simon Fraser University and currently serves as the BC Representative for the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.