Miranda Wheen is an independent dancer and choreographer based on Dharug Country in Sydney. Rooted in contemporary dance, her practice weaves intercultural collaboration, community-engaged arts, teaching, advocacy, and dramaturgy.

She is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of Dance Makers Collective (DMC), where she has choreographed all their major works, including DADS (shortlisted for an Australian Dance Award), The Rivoli (commissioned by Sydney Festival 2020, toured nationally 2022/23), The Saturday Night Social (winner of PAC Australia’s Impact Award), and All In (touring nationally throughout 2026).

Since 2017, Miranda has been an Associate Artist with Marrugeku, Australia’s leading indigenous intercultural dance theatre company, performing in Cut The Sky, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Le Dernier Appel, and Jurrungu Ngan-ga (winner of a Green Room Award for Best Ensemble and two Performing Arts WA awards).

Her collaborators span the spectrum of Australian dance including a long-standing relationship with choreographer Martin Del Amo (working as Artistic Associate on his Australian Dance Award winning Champions), and work with Stalker Theatre, Shaun Parker and Company, Mirramu Dance Company, Restless Dance Theatre, Ghenoa Gela, Julie-Anne Long, Rakini Devi, Liz Lea, Cadi McCarthy and Tsai Jui-Yueh Dance Foundation.

Miranda is a committed advocate for the independent dance sector and was named as one of Creative Australia’s 2024/25 Creative Leadership cohort. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the DMC Board and was a member of FORM Dance Projects board for six years.

She regularly teaches at DMC and Sydney Dance Company (SDC), including choreographing two major works for SDC’s Pre-Professional Year. She is also a support and mentor for DMC’s emerging artist ensemble Future Makers.

Miranda holds First Class Honours from Macquarie University, a Dean’s Medal from Western Sydney University, and trained in Traditional and Contemporary African Dance at L’École des Sables in Senegal.