Mary Williams, Owner/Director

I teach with passion. 

Mary Williams was born and raised in Harrisville, MI. She began her training at The Dance Centre under the instruction of Christine Giordano.  She attended Western Michigan University and earned her B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Dance and English. While at WMU, Mary had the honor of performing in pieces choreographed by Paul Taylor, Gus Giordano, and Derrick Evans as well as performing at the Kennedy Center and Jazz Dance World Congress. Upon graduation, Mary moved to Chicago to continue her training on scholarship at Gus Giordano Dance Center as well as two years at the River North Summer Intensive. From 2004-2011 Mary was a company member with Inaside Chicago Dance.  Some of her professional performance credits include: For the Cause, Inaside Dance Project, Dance Chicago, Thodos New Dances, and the International Choreographers Showcase in Madrid, Spain. Mary’s choreographed several in house works for the Inaside company as well as the Youth Trainee Program. Her musical theater choreography credits include Bye Bye Birdie, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Suessical and Peter Pan. During her time at Inaside, Mary was also the Marketing Directing from 2005-2012. Aside from teaching at several studios in the Chicago area, Mary was the Dance Coordinator at Des Plaines School of Dance and worked in sales and cooperate Memberships at Chicago Athletic Clubs.  She is a proud WERQ® and Ballet Burn instructor, which helps her bring dance to the masses through fitness.  After moving to Colorado Mary is excited to begin this amazing journey with her family and wonderful friend, Anne. Opening LCDC is a dream.  It was meant to be!