
Photo: Mike Annese
Mimi is the Artistic Director of Ballet Rogue, which she co-founded with Iita Drakard in 2024, and the choreographer of much of its repertoire. She is directing and choreographing Cinderella, the collective's first narrative ballet, for Adelaide Fringe 2027. For Ballet Rogue she has restaged Petipa in Luminous Reverie, Votive, Pas de fiancées and Jewels Fairies Pas de Quatre, made original works including Saoirse and Éphémères, and performs as Principal Artist.
She trained in classical ballet from the age of 4, graduated from K&Kei Ballet Art in 2016 and holds a BA in Performing Arts from the University of South Australia. She is currently an Honours research student in Creative Arts (virtual reality and dance) at Adelaide University. Her choreographic development has been supported through Dance Hub SA's Young Artist Program, the National Choreographers Project for Young Artists, Carclew, Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program and OzAsia Festival's Artist Lab. She founded Adelaide Sakura Troupe in 2022.
Full biography and performance history at mimiyoshii.com.





















