MIKAELA GUIDICE was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Norfolk, Massachusetts, where she began dancing at the age of three. She received her early training at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts Ballet Conservatory before continuing her studies in Boston Ballet’s Pre-Professional Program and Houston Ballet Academy’s Professional Program.
In 2020, Mikaela joined Orlando Ballet II before dancing with Ballet Rhode Island and Oklahoma City Ballet II, where she spent two seasons. In 2024, she appeared as a guest artist with José Mateo Ballet Theatre.
Mikaela joined Ballet Spartanburg as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2025.
Most recently, Mikaela performed the Prayer Variation and Swanhilda’s Friends in Coppélia. Her repertoire with Ballet Spartanburg also includes Snow Queen and Flowers in The Nutcracker. She has also performed in Giselle and Ballet, Bourbon, and Blues.
Her additional repertoire includes George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, Serenade and Walpurgisnacht Ballet; Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake; Stanton Welch’s Brigade; Marius Petipa’s Paquita; and Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye’s Cinderella and Carmina Burana.
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