Michele joined American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in 1997.
In 1996, Michele was a Gold Medal winner at the 18th International Ballet Competition in Varna, a Bronze Medal winner[permanent dead link] in Nagoya, Japan and a finalist at the Paris International Dance Competition.
She was a Princess Grace Foundation – U.S.A. Dance Fellowship recipient for 1999–2000 and won the Erik Bruhn Prize in 2002.
[3] (See also: Erik Bruhn) Michele joined American Ballet Theatre in 1998.
[6] Wiles and Charles Askegard founded the Ballet Next company which had its premiere at the Joyce Theater on Monday, November 21, 2011.