Michael Klien

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{{Infobox person

| name = Michael Kliën

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}}

| birth_place = Hollabrunn, Austria

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| occupation = Choreographer, Artist

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Michael Kliën (born 1973) is a choreographer and artist who was born in Hollbrunn, Austria and grew up in Vienna.{{cn|date=December 2023}} Since 2017, Kliën has been a professor at Duke where he was the inaugural director of the Dance MFA program.{{Cite web |title=Michael Klien Dance Program |url=https://danceprogram.duke.edu/michael-klien |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=danceprogram.duke.edu}}

His work is held in museums including the Irish Museum of Modern Art,{{Cite web |title=Michael Kliën |url=https://imma.ie/artists/michael-klien/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=IMMA |language=en-IE}} and he has been commissioned by dance companies including Ballett Frankfurt and the Martha Graham Dance Company.{{Cite web |title=Dr Michael Kliën |url=https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-profiles/dr-michael-klien/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Trinity Laban |language=en-US}}