Mary Ann Brehm has a Ph.D. in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught dance at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Vermont. Currently she travels throughout the United States to teach the course Creative Movement: Kinesthetic Learning Across the Curriculum for Lesley Universitys Integrated Teaching Through the Arts Masters Program. She is a former member of the Barbara Mettler Dance Company and is on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Creative Dance.
Dr. Brehm has been a dance teaching artist for nearly 30 years, using dance in relationship to school curricula in several nationally recognized, award-winning arts education programs, including the Tucson Unified School Districts Opening Minds through the Arts Program; Arts Genesis, Inc. (Tucson); the Shaftsbury (VT) Elementary School Arts and Basics Program; and the University of Arizonas Project DISCOVER. All these programs integrate the arts into the ongoing classroom curriculum in communities with high rates of poverty.
Dr. Brehm is the author of several publications that explore the use of dance for a variety of educational purposes, such as building community, supporting curricular learning, fostering the development of multiple intelligences, and promoting individual growth. She was one of three artists nominated for the Buffalo Exchange Arts Award in 2005.
