Mauri Connors

Mauri Connors is a dance artist originally from Rockbridge County, VA. She received her BA in Dance with honors from Connecticut College in 2015, where she studied with David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, Shani Collins-Achille, Rosemarie Roberts, Lisa Race, and Shawn Hove. She has performed with Jenny Davies/ Progeny Dance and ShaLeigh Dance Works. Her writing and visual work have been included in Contact Quarterly and About Place Journal. From 2018-2021 she was the Artistic Director of Halestone Dance Studio, a nonprofit dance education organization in Lexington, VA, where she taught modern, creative movement and ballet to children of all ages and adults. She is a passionate advocate for dance education for all ages, and is listed on the Virginia Commission for the Arts Teaching Artist Roster. In Durham, she collaborates with Matthew Young to create highly physical and emotionally resonant dances. She enjoys nurturing a love of dance, robust movement skills, and positive social interactions in Barriskill's young dancers!