Mary Grace McNally
Mary Grace McNally is a dance artist, originally from Massachusetts. She has produced two evening-length shows, Not For Picking and When It Falls, which premiered in New York City and Los Angeles. Mary Grace was honored to be the winner of the 2018 Capezio A.C.E. Award. Mary Grace is the founder of MG + Artists, a project-based dance collective. Her work has been presented at The Joyce Theater, The Dance Gallery Festival, Dixon Place, Young Choreographer’s Festival, Centre National de la Danse in France, and deSingel in Belgium.
As a dancer, she has performed the work of Monika Felice Smith, Jon Rua, Doug Varone, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Katie Swords-Thurman, Emma Portner, Erica Sobol and Ryan Spencer. She has studied with artists such as Medhi Walerski, Jesse Zaritt, Douglas Becker, Adi Salant, Jermaine Spivey, Spenser Theberge, and Tilman O’Donnell. She performed at Madison Square Garden for Phish’s 2020 NYE Concert, and can be seen dancing in music videos for OneRepublic and Angel Olsen. She has acted and danced in commercials for Microsoft and Splash Blast Water. Most recently, she choreographed, danced, and collaborated with comedian Benito Skinner on a short video, and her choreography will be seen in an upcoming film starring Mary Beth Barone.
Mary Grace is a guest instructor and choreographer at competitive dance studios, conventions, workshops, and universities across the country. She is core faculty for Luminous Tour and California School of the Arts – SGV, and guest faculty at TMilly TV: The Studio, Broadway Dance Center, Steps On Broadway, Genesis Studios, and Peridance Capezio Center. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts in 2015. Mary Grace is represented by BlocLA.