Choreographer · Director · Jazz Dance Educator
Dance like you have the audacity.
Mary Roberts, MFA, is a choreographer-director and jazz dance educator whose work spans university studios, repertory stages, and production shows at sea. As a Researcher of Audacity, she champions fearless artistic choices and the professionalization of performers.
Rooted
Ambitious goals grounded in the rich history of jazz dance's pioneers, so dancers know their artistic lineage.
Audacious
Fearless artistic choices in the studio, in the audition room, and on the contract you sign.
Legitimate
Performing is a career like any other. I help dancers build one that holds up to any dinner-table question.
The Audacity!
It's audacious to dream of performing. It shouldn't be.
Audacity, to me, is leading performers toward the career no one thinks they can have — and then normalizing it. Dance is a profession, not a phase. My work is about making that path visible, teachable, and sustainable, so no dancer has to defend it to the people who love them.
Pre-professional dancers, ready for the industry.
Experiential teaching that pairs studio technique with real rehearsal process — developed with dancers at Troy University, the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, and the Alabama School of Fine Arts.
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