ABOUT mickela mallozzi
Mickela Mallozzi is the 4x Emmy Award-winning Host & Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, an award-winning travel series on PBS. She likes to say she “makes new friends by dancing with strangers,” connecting with locals through the universal language of dance and music wherever she goes. From re-discovering her family’s roots in Southern Italy to learning the haka with the Māori in Aotearoa (New Zealand), the series covers Mickela’s adventures as she experiences the world, one dance at a time. Through her travels, Mickela has learned over 100 different styles of dance and music from cultures across the globe!
Mickela has been featured in The New York Times, O Magazine, The Washington Post, AFAR Media, Hemispheres Magazine, Dance Magazine, Forbes, National Geographic, Condé Nast Traveler, NBC, and more, and she has performed on various television shows including Sesame Street.
Mickela is also an adjunct professor at her alma mater, New York University, where she teaches “Intercultural Communication Through Dance” when she’s not filming her TV series. The new season 8 of Bare Feet is now airing on PBS stations nationwide and is available on the PBS App or at PBS.org.
Mickela Mallozzi in Flushing, Queens - Photo by Evan Carter
