Mirjam grew up in Switzerland and trained at Basel Theatre, the Vienna State Opera and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She joined Transitions Dance Company in London and completed her studies with an MA in Dance Performance at LABAN. Mirjam has worked with Dance Theatre of Ireland, Henri Oguike, Felix Ruckert (D), Jane Turner, Ace Dance and Music, Bawren Tavaziva, Motionhouse, Robert Moses (US) as well as Basel and Zurich Ballet (CH) amongst others. In 2009 she moved to Berlin where she focussed on her own work that has been performed in London, Berlin and Ireland, most recently collaborated with visual artist Lise Chevalier for DreamWalking XXIV, II (2010) and multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura, creating the duet Inside, Outside, On! (2011). She has taught contemporary dance and led creative workshops throughout Europe and recently worked alongside Royston Maldoom on a big community dance project in Zurich. Mirjam has a big interest in Wudang Pai internal martial arts and trains in Qi Gong, Tai Ji Quan and Bagua Zhang.