Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Mary Ann Bradley - Season 6, Episode 81

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Mary Ann Bradley trained at the Dayton
Ballet School and performed with Dance Theatre Dayton and Dayton
Contemporary Dance II. She graduated magna cum laude with a BA in
Dance from Point Park University in 1997. Since moving to the
Twin Cities, Mary Ann has performed with numerous companies and
choreographers including Dancing People Company, TU Dance,
Minnesota Dance Theater, Ragamala Music and Dance, and the
Minnesota Opera. She was a member of JAZZDANCE! By Danny
Buraczeski for four years, two of which she acted as the
choreographer’s assistant. She spent twelve seasons performing
and touring with Zenon Dance Company. With Zenon, Mary Ann
performed original works by many artists including Faye Driscoll,
Netta Yerushalmy, Andrea Miller, Doug Varone, luciana achugar,
Tere O’Connor, and Morgan Thorson. She has been a dance faculty
member for Zenon Dance School and TU Dance School. In 2005, Mary
Ann received an honorable mention from the Minneapolis Star
Tribune for Artist of the Year. Mary Ann is a 2001 and 2008
recipient of the McKnight Fellowship for dancers. She was named
as one of “25 to watch” by Dance Magazine in 2014. She completed
her master’s degree in education at the University of Minnesota
in 2018 and served on the faculty of the Performing Institute of
Minnesota for three years.