Michaella Ho

Michaella Ho (she/her) is from Toronto, Canada, and began her training with the Academy of Ballet and Jazz, School of Canadian Ballet Theatre under the direction of Nadia Veselova-Tencer. She continued her training with Erin Forrest at Forrest Academy of Ballet NY. She attended summer programs with Nederlands Dans Theater, Arts Umbrella, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Ellison Ballet. At The Juilliard School, she performed works by Omar Román De Jesús, Sonya Tayeh, Donald McKayle, Medhi Walerski, and Jamar Roberts, amongst others. She enjoyed her role as a Juilliard Writing Center Tutor in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. Michaella participated in the Barnard-Columbia-Juilliard Exchange in her 2nd, 3rd and 4th years. She is the founder of Contemporary Dance Lab, an educational contemporary dance initiative for pre-professional dancers.