WHO'S PETER?
Peter Mills (Dancer, Educator, Choreographer, Director) - A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Peter completed his BFA in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory in 2010 and went on to perform professionally as a member of Actor's Equity Association in musical productions across the United States. Some of Peter's professional stage credits include: Hello, Dolly! (Ford's Theater, DC), Evita (Northern Stage, VT), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Goodspeed Opera, CT), Bye Bye Birdie (North Shore Music Theater, MA), Curtains, Crazy for You, and Annie (Music Theater of Wichita, KA), Guys and Dolls (Ogunquit Playhouse, ME), and Kiss Me, Kate (Lyric Stage Company of Boston, MA). During his professional performing career in the USA Peter had the opportunity to work with many renown artists including Broadway directors, choreographers and performers like Michael Lichtefeld, Peggy Hickey, Eric Schaeffer, Kellie Barklay, Nancy Opel, and Christian Hoff. In the USA Peter also worked as a freelance dancer with contemporary dance companies such as Amalgamate Dance Company, BalaSole Dance Company, Six Degrees Dance, and Urbanity Dance Company. In addition to his degree from The Boston Conservatory Peter also trained at The Boston Ballet School and The Alvin Ailey School in NYC.
Peter has taught jazz, tap, and musical theatre with Opera NUOVA, The Citadel Young Company, DanceEmotion Studio, Promethean Spark International, Dance Code Studio YEG, and Visionary Centre for the Performing Arts, and also appeared as a guest instructor for the University of Alberta BFA Acting Program. His directing and choreography credits include Tuck Everlasting (Opera NUOVA), Little Women (Opera NUOVA), Grease (Edmonton Musical Theatre) and Broadway Rocks Again (Edmonton Musical Theatre).
Recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, Peter will be teaching dance at the 2023 AileyCamp through Cal Performances at UC Berkeley, and also will begin teaching dance in the San Francisco Unified School District in the 2023-2024 school year.
