Maureen's profile

Maureen is the Director of the Teelin Irish Dance Company and Owner/Director of the Teelin School of Irish Dance. In addition to Irish Step, her extensive dance training ranges from modern, ballet, tap and jazz to salsa and Appalachian clogging. After attending a performing arts high school in New Jersey, Maureen received her BFA degree in Dance Performance from Towson University.

Highlights of Maureen’s career include full-time performer with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble and choreographer/performer in a John Paul Jones music video for the music group Uncle Earl in 2007. In 2009, Maureen was the top recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) Individual Artist Award for Dance Choreography. Maureen produced, choreographed and starred in the highly successful production Portraits of Ireland (2006 – 2011), and the production of StepDance (2012-2013), which was featured at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore. Maureen’s newest production, Sláinte, premiered at the Jim Rouse Theater in 2014. Maureen has been instrumental in keeping the Irish tradition alive in the Baltimore area for over 15 years.

Maureen is on a mission to become the world’s coolest accordion playing paddleboard champion.

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