After training at School of American Ballet, Michael Breeden danced with Miami City Ballet for 11 years, performing soloist and principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Justin Peck, Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Paul Taylor and Twyla Tharp. He has also performed with Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and Suzanne Farrell Ballet and taught ballet at Mark Morris Dance Center, Yale University, Ballet Arizona, Ballet Academy East and Ballet Tech.
Breeden is the co-host of the popular podcast Conversations On Dance and enjoys residences at the Vail Dance Festival and the Kennedy Center as an extension of the podcast. He began to stage Peck’s works last year.