Mary

Mary earned her Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Design from Buffalo State College and her M.F.A in Dance from the University at Buffalo.  She has been a longtime member of the Greater Niagara Ballet Company, serving as a principal dancer and and recently became the Artistic Director. She has performed with and choreographed for various dance and theater companies including the GNBC, Configuration Dance Theater, Neglia Ballet Artists, The National Ballet of Canada, Red Thread Theatre, Buffalo Aerial Dance and Torn Space Theater.

Mary began training on silks in 2016, and began incorporating aerial work into her dance choreography shortly afterwards. With Buffalo Aerial Dance, she has performed at Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts, Music is Art, Old Falls Street (Niagara Falls), Lancaster Steampunk Festival, and The Great Blue Heron Music Festival. She also performed aerial silks in the Lockport Palace Theater’s production of Pippin, and she has choreographed many innovative aerial pieces for Buffalo Aerial Dance.