Mary Ann Mayer

Mary Ann Mayer,
Assistant Professor of Dance
School of Dance & Entertainment

Biography

Mary Ann Mayer is a recent University of Oklahoma graduate where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Dance with a concentration in Ballet and a certificate in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship. Her early training began in Rhode Island where she was a founding member of Festival Ballet Providence while earning a BA in Biology and Psychology from the University of Rhode Island. She then studied pedagogy at the National Ballet School of Canada and with Jurgen Schneider and David Howard.

From 1991 to 1996 she served as Ballet Mistress, teacher, and choreographer at the Performing Arts School of Worcester, where she later became Acting Director of Dance. In 1998, she returned to Festival Ballet Providence as a faculty member and Assistant to the Faculty Chairman. In 2004, Mayer became director of Festival Ballet Providence. Following a long tenure at Festival Ballet Providence, Mayer joined the faculty at The University of Hartford, Hartt School Community Division Dance Department.