Mary followed a career as a choreographer, movement director and movement coach. Today she directs and develops community-based work, and facilitates on a range of projects blending a combined practice of somatic and movement-based techniques suitable for a range of needs.
Professional experience
2024-26-Kinetica Dance Collective
Henri Matisse inspired workshops
Grant Wood (American Gothic) inspired workshops.
2025-Movement consultant
Chelmsford Theatre Workshop
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and 1984
2024-EncoreEast
Grant Wood inspired Workshop
2024-Warley HQ Art Exhibition
Delivery of live pop-up dance performance and films shared.
2023-ongoing Uttlesford District Council
Delivery and coordinator for movement & wellbeing
2021-23 Bodies in Space
Lead on several movement workshop tailored to both actors and dancers
2022-23-Studio Wayne McGregor
Lead on community dance program delivering regular creative movement workshops at studio Wayne McGregor, Here East, London.
2019-22 Europium: 8 Poems for Women
International project directed by Nada Kokotovic.
2005-2021-DanceEast
Choreographer, core tutor, and community companies lead delivering on the following projects:
- 2018 WW1: Ipswich Remembers- Ipswich choral society
- 2017 The Inkwell
- 2016 Rock, Paper, Scissors
- 2015 Hercules- New Art Club
- 2014 Finding Home
- 2012 Olympic dance performance, Trafalgar Square– Wayne McGregor Dance
- 2019-2024-Residencies/Research and Development
The Cut Summer Residency
30 interdisciplinary artists exhibit work together in Halesworth, Suffolk.
Finding Language between director and movement with Chryssoula Nissianaki.
DYCP
Developing movement and film
ACE Research and development
Max and Wayne Dance Theatre community practice.
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