A “lively dancer” (Boston Globe), Mila Thigpen is an international teacher artist who has danced works by Doris Humphrey, Paul Taylor, Trisha Brown, Seán Curran, Germaul Barnes, Wendy Jehlen, Arthur Aviles, and Aszure Barton. Thigpen is also a proud member of the Boston ensemble for the Bessie award winning production, Skeleton Architecture, conceived by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. Thigpen's work has been presented in Boston’s "Ten’s the Limit" and the Bronx BlakTina Dance Festival. Her commissions include original work for Cuban dance company Salsa Chévere. An alumna of Jacob’s Pillow Choreographer’s Lab and UMass Boston’s Emerging Leaders Program, she has earned degrees from Kenyon College (BA), The Boston Conservatory (MFA), Harvard Graduate School of Education (EdM), and Texas Woman’s University (PhD).