Ginny Wilmerding, PhD danced professionally for several modern dance companies in New York City, including the Solomons Company/Dance under the artistic direction of Gus Solomons, Jr. Upon moving to New Mexico, she established herself at UNM, teaching in the Dance Program (ballet, modern, jazz, pedagogy, and kinesiology) and the College of Education’s Health Exercise and Sports Sciences Department. She holds an MS is Adapted Physical Education and a PhD in Exercise Science.

For a time, Ginny was a force in international gymnastics, known for creating innovative floor and balance beam routines on US National Team members. She was twice awarded Choreographer of the Year by the US Elite Coaches Association.

Ginny is the former CEO of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS), as well as a Past-President of IADMS, and served for several years on its Board, Education Committee, and Research Committee. She has also been on the board of the National Dance Association, Performing Arts Medicine Association, and currently serves as a faculty representative for the Governing Council of the Public Academy for Performing Arts here in Albuquerque.

She has published original research in Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Athletic Therapy Today, Journal of Sport and Human Performance, and Idea Today. She is an invited author for multiple resource papers for IADMS and Healthy Dancer Canada. Book chapters include American Ballet Theatre’s The Healthy Dancer, Research Methods in the Dance Sciences, Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine Practice, Teaching Dance Studies, and the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, 2011.

With colleague Donna Krasnow, PhD, she has written the book Motor Learning for Dancers, and edited the IADMS organizational book Dancer Wellness, both published through Human Kinetics.

She is currently the Executive Director of the New Mexico Ballet Company, the state’s oldest ballet company.