Mary Lyn Graves (she/her) is a dancer and teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her recent collaborations include the Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Megan Williams, Thryn Saxon and Helene Simoneau. Additional performance credits span the Mark Morris Dance Group, the Nikolais/Louis Foundation and works by Joanna Kotze, Molly Heller and Cheyla Clawson Chandler. From 2012 to 2018, Graves was a member of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she originated roles in over 25 new works and toured across the United States, France, South Korea and Mongolia.
As a teacher, Graves has facilitated classes in public schools, dance studios, universities and community centres across the United States and internationally. Currently a faculty member at Ballet Tech in New York City, she specialises in leading creative movement exploration with elementary-aged dancers.
As of: November 2024