Mimi Kayl-Vaughan began performing with the Hip Pocket Theater of Fort Worth in 1988. She was eight years old. Mimi studied Belly Dance for over 10 years. She studied Modern and Ballet with local dancers/choreographers Darla Johnson, Jose Bustamante, and Kathy Dunn Hamrick since moving to Austin in 2002. She has danced with Blue Lapis Light since 2004.  Performances include Where Nothing Falls II (2004) Requiem (2006) Constellation (2007, 2008) and Illumination (2007).  Mimi is a company member of Tongue and Groove Theater, she choreographed and performed in How to Belly Dance for Your Husband (2003), and An Arabian Mid Summer Night Dream (2006). She was the girl with the blue balloon in TAG's most recent production of The Red Balloon (2008).  Mimi is currently working with Poison Apple Initiative choreographing and performing in Ugly Ways; leaving the narrow (2008) for the ART Spark Festival at The Off Center.