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Mary Lyn Graves begins the dance sloppily sneaking around the orchestra pit in a black hoodie and later transitions into more virtuosic sequencing... her performing body is able to move between these identities swiftly and even comically.
— Ashley Anderson, loveDANCEmore
Graves and Gallegos had a litheness... and their unison movement emphasized physical rituals... creating meaning beyond the action itself.
— Emma Wilson, loveDANCEmore
 
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Mary Lyn Graves is a highlight of Ririe-Woodbury’s staging of “Mechanical Organ.” Quick and crisp, elegant and elongated, Graves’ performance of the doll-like solo was a perfect balancing act of precise attack and languid release.
— Amy Falls, loveDANCEmore
[Graves’] dancing was also exquisite throughout the performance
— Rachel Luebbert, loveDANCEmore
The most intriguing section was Mary Lyn Graves’ solo appearance in Doll With A Broken Head
— Les Roka, The Utah Review
Gallegos and Graves dance at gleeful cross-purposes and inevitable agreement in “Two Not Yet Together.”
— Deborah Jowitt, ArtsJournal
Graves had a great solo that started off with frantic steps, wildly off balance, then morphed into a deliciously suspended, off-kilter arabesque.
— Amy Falls, loveDANCEmore
...the trio of dancers – Mary Lyn Graves, Dan Mont-Eton and Megan McCarthy (on closing night) – was mesmerizing.
— Les Roka, The Utah Review
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