Mikah Simone Baumrin-Daniels (they/she) is an American dance artist of Egyptian-Iraqi-Greek-Polish-British Jewish, Atheist, Rosicrucian descent. Her work navigates holding these many identities and researches the assimilation, Westernization, and ethnic cleansing that occurred in her family’s history. Her research explores how these experiences are generationally passed down through the body. She is intrigued by the oral histories shared and kept hidden within her family due to gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. Mikah’s work will always be concerned about truths behind secrets; the joy, confusion, beauty, and grief of holding many identities in one body; and learning about love as a way to unravel fears and systemic belief systems into ongoing curiosity, growth, and determination. Mikah has performed her work at Cannonball Festival at Philly FringeArts, Leah Stein: The Art Room, and with BAX EmergeNYC at Abrons Art Center. She holds a BA in Dance from Bennington College

Mikah studied at Freie Universität  and Bennington College where they received their BA in Dance and Choreography. They have had the opportunity to study with artists such as David Thompson, Judith Sanchez Ruiz, Hilary Clark, Miguel Gutierrez, Eleanor Bauer, David Brick, Ishmael Houston Jones, Terry Creach,  Jen Kidwell, Michelle Boule, Russell Stuart Lilie, and Stuart Shugg. Mikah has performed in works by Elena Demyanenko, Dana Reitz, Roxanne Steinberg and Oguri. They have collaborated and performed in work by The Moving Architects, Brenna Mosser, Jesse Keller Jason, Abby Bender, The Yard, and The Naked Stark.

Mikah has been in residence at Double Edge Theatre (2020), Headlong Performance Institute (2022),  Brooklyn Arts Exchange EMERGENYC (2023), and DanceBarn Collective (2023).