An instructor of movement for over thirty years in colleges &
professional dance studios in NYC, Texas & Chicago,
including DNA, Ballet Chicago, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, &
Lou
Conte/Hubbard Street Dance, Mary now works regularly with
NYC’s wellness and dance community regularly in injury
prevention/rehabilitation. A faculty member of Peridance,
Gibney, & Pilates Reforming NY, with the BA and MA from
Columbia University in Dance (with an Economics minor
thrown in for her business side!), Mary always has both sides
of the
brain working - that led her to a Ph.D. in Dance Education
from NYU’s School of Education. A perpetual student, Mary
is
certified in multiple dance techniques, including Simonson
dance technique, and teacher certified in Evans/Bartenieff
technique. A BASI full apparatus (2008) Pilates for Dancers
Specialist, with the PMA certification as well (2010), Mary
has
been a Pilates addict herself for over thirty years! Mary’s
career is dual-fold; assisting both dancers and all humans in
technique improvement to decrease rate of injury; and
increase
teacher knowledge in anatomy, kinesiology & movement
analysis, for safer teaching from the start! Her lecture
presentations include multiple works at Performing Arts
Medical
Association (PAMA); NDEO (where she was Treasurer of the
Board for two terms!), NYSDEA & ADG, & she has been
invited by PAMA as the Dance Research Specialist for a ten-
day
research tour of Cuba for now two trips!
