Our work is attempting to find strength inside of a softened, able body. We are interested in how societal ideas of women, the expectations and limitations, have influenced our bodies' reactions to the space and world around us. We work to reduce the severity of these historical pressures in order to better understand how we, as women, can move forward with change. It is a continuous cultivation of our ‘womanhood.’

Not For Picking will be Mary Grace’s first full evening length production. Over the last five years, her work has been presented at Dixon Place, Dance Gallery Festival, Centre National de la Danse in France, deSingel in Belgium, Young Choreographer’s Festival, NewStepsSeries at Chen Dance Center, Performance Garage in Philadelphia, and Peridance Capezio Center. In 2016, she was announced as ADA’s National Choreographer of the Year. As a dancer, she has performed the works of Erica Sobol, Doug Varone, Netta Yerushalmy, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Katie Swords-Thurman, and Emma Portner.

Directed by Mary Grace McNally
Cast: Rebecca Corrigan, Emma Lawes, Catie Leasca, Mary Grace McNally, Jordyn Santiago, Gabriella Sibeko, Haley Sung