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Mara Driscoll is a creative producer, arts administrator, choreographer, and professional dancer. In 2022, she co-founded the immersive salon series Art Bath and has since collaborated with and presented major names in music, dance, opera, and visual art. She is the Program and Advancement Senior Lead at the International Society for the Performing Arts, a network of 500 leading arts professionals from 60 countries. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, she created and produced Boulder Arts Outdoors, a multi-disciplinary performance festival in Boulder, Colorado. Mara performed with numerous NYC-based ensembles before beginning to work with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, where she has danced for seven consecutive seasons. Her choreography has been presented at The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, New York Theatre Workshop, New Chamber Ballet, and the Center at West Park. She graduated from the Gallatin School for Individualized Study at N.Y.U.

Liz Yilmaz is a professional dancer, teacher, and producer based in New York City. Liz is the Co-Founder and Producer of Art Bat, a salon series that is entering its third year. She received her B.A in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College where she now serves on the Dance Advisory Board. She is a former company member with Ballet Hispanico of New York. This is Liz's thirteenth season dancing with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet. She co-produced the first independent performance series of Dancers of the Met in 2021. Liz is also on ballet faculty teaching at the 92NY and trainee program at the Joffrey Ballet School. She will be attending Harvard Business School in the fall of 2024 for the “Crossover to Business” program for professional athletes and dancers.

Mara Driscoll is a creative producer, curator, arts administrator, and artist. As Co-Founder and Producer of Art Bath with Elizabeth Yilmaz, she has collaborated with and presented more than 300 artists across disciplines, including leading figures in music, dance, opera, theater, and visual art. Through Art Bath, she has co-curated programs presented by Lincoln Center, 92NY, the Prototype Festival, Fotografiska, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and more.

Mara also serves as Program and Advancement Manager for the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), a global network of 500 performing arts leaders across 60 countries. In this role, she oversees several of ISPA’s key initiatives, including the Pitch New Works and Fellowship programs.

Before turning her focus to producing, Mara spent years as a professional dancer and choreographer. She is a longtime member of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and her choreography has been presented by New York Theatre Workshop, The Phillips Collection, and New Chamber Ballet.

She holds a degree from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she focused on intersections between art, religion, and society.

Elizabeth Yilmaz is a professional dancer, educator, and producer based in New York City. Elizabeth is a former member of Ballet Hispánico and a longtime dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

She holds a B.A. in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College and completed Harvard Business School’s Crossover Into Business program in 2024.

As a dedicated dance educator, Elizabeth is on faculty at both The 92nd Street Y (92NY) and the Joffrey Ballet Trainee Program. She is also the co-founder and producer of Art Bath NYC, an immersive, multidisciplinary salon series launched in 2022 with fellow dancer Mara Driscoll. Art Bath brings together musicians, dancers, poets, opera singers, and visual artists to create innovative performance experiences.

Notable Art Bath collaborators include the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Prototype Festival, 92NY, Fotografiska New York, and now Lincoln Center's Festival of Firsts.