Mary Wohl Haan Oral History, 2012

Interview with Mary Wohl Haan conducted by Joan Brown. Mary Wohl Haan, modern dancer and choreographer, is artistic director of Boulder’s HAAN Dances. Since moving to Boulder in 1990, her creative work and productions have garnered both local and regional recognition including numerous Boulder Arts Commission grants. She has performed and choreographed in Chicago, Illinois, Salt Lake City Utah, and Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder, Colorado. Before moving to Colorado, Mary spent nine years teaching at Chicago’s Columbia College Dance Center and performing as principal dancer and assistant artistic director of Mordine & Company Dance Theatre, performing throughout the Midwest, in New York City, and at the World Expo in Brisbane, Australia. She is the recipient of several dance and artistic grants and awards. Mary also has an MFA degree in choreography from the University of Utah, and has taught in colleges and universities in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Connecticut, Utah, and Colorado. Mary currently resides in Colorado and has been an active member of the Colorado dance community serving on a variety of arts service organizations including the board of the Arts & Humanities Assembly of Boulder (now Boulder County Arts Alliance).