DANCER

Mary Ripper Baker left Texas for the Springs after dancing with Suchu Dance Company in her native Houston. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance and has become known for her choreographic talent in the U.S. and in Mexico. She has danced with Ormao since 1999 and in addition to her performance and rehearsal schedule, Mary maintains ownership of a Pilates studio, Motion Studies, and specializes in dance rehabilitation. She is on dance faculty at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Ormao Dance School, is an award winning choreographer for the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theater Company and THEATREWORKS, and is the proud mother of two.