Mira Mansell was born in Hungary and started to learn dance at the age of eight with her mother, who was a classical ballet teacher in the Russian Style. At the age of eleven, Mira went to live in Israel, and there she taught ballet and creative dance at her mother's dance studio. Mira completed her teacher's training in Israel at the age of twenty-one. During this time, Mira attended summer school in Jerusalem where she met Robert Cohen, who was her inspiration to become a professional contemporary dancer. Cohen had danced with the Martha Graham Company in New York and was the founder and artistic director of the London Contemporary Dance Company. Mira won a scholarship for full time study at the ‘Bat-Dor Dance Studios” in Tel Aviv, eventually working with the ‘Bat-Dor Dance Company”. Mira met in Israel her future husband, Geoff Mansell, who took her to England where they got married and Mira continued her professional dance career during classes at “The Place” in London where Robert Cohen was the leading teacher. Mira and Geoff went to Sydney, Australia in 1972 for their honeymoon and decided to stay. Mira joined the staff of Bodenweiser Dance Centre under the direction of Margaret Chapple in 1973. She taught Modern Dance and Jazz, also through the centre she taught at various universities, colleges and high schools. In 1978 Mira joined Kinetic Energy Dance Company under the direction of Graham Jones. She worked with them for three years as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. Because of her on going passion and commitment to the art form Mira took the opportunity to do refresher courses in the Martha Graham studios in New York 1981 and 1986. Since 1987 Mira has been a modern dance and repertoire tutor at the “Aboriginal Dance Theatre Redfern”. She choreographed various works for students, which they have performed at Maritime and Power Museums and various schools. At the end of 1992 Mira was invited to teach 4th and 5th year students at N.A.I.S.D.A. (National Aboriginal Islander Dance Association) She taught there until 1995. Mira has worked with a variety of dancers and companies to produce works performed in Festivals and events around Sydney: with Artraders at Glebe Town Hall and the Tap Gallery, at Bondi Pavilion for the Sydney Fringe Festival, for Dance Week, the Bicentennial dance project at the performance space, the Spring Collection at Newtown. The Christian Dance Fellowship of Australia has  regular dance events which Mira contributes to a choreographer. Entity Contemporary Dance Collective was established by Mira in 1997 and has performed at various events including Swamp at Bodies 2000,  the Fringe Festival 2000,  Chuck a U-ie in collaboration with the Doonooch Dancers, the opening of an art exhibition in Newtown,  Carnivale at the Australia Museum, the Walk Against Want in the Domain, exchange and development strategy for Work Cover. Mira works as a freelance teacher and choreographer. In the past Mira has been a guest teacher at Wesley Institute, Fiona’s Studio of Dance and taught a workshop for Asian Ballet Society. Since the closure of Bodenwieser Dance Centre, Mira has held classes five days a week at Seymour Centre at Sydney University.