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Flying into Week 2 of our summer intensive is guest teacher Arron Scott! It’s going to be a great week! See you at the studio! ☀️

Arron Scott

Some snaps shots from Week 1 with Jan Burkhard! What a way to kick off this year’s summer intensive! The students enjoyed a week of challenging and inspiring classes with Jan and with our full time faculty. Thank you Jan for all your wonderful instruction! We cannot wait to do it all again next week with guest teacher, Arron Scott! Here’s to City Ballet summers! ☀️ Six more weeks to go!
Jan Burkhard Catlin

City Ballet Summer Intensive Guest Teacher Spotlight ⭐️

Week 4 (July 13-17)- Mary LeGere

A native of Rotterdam NY, Mary LeGere began her dance training at age nine. In 1976, she won a scholarship to the School of the Pennsylvania Ballet. In 1980, she joined the Pennsylvania Ballet, and in 1986 was promoted to soloist. She danced lead roles in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Symphony In C, Tarantella, Symphony in Three Movements, and Steadfast Tin Soldier, as well as Sugar Plum Fairy and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker and many more. In 1990, she retired with an acclaimed performance of Myrta in Giselle.

After moving to North Carolina with her husband, Ms. LeGere joined the faculty of The Raleigh School of Ballet. She became Associate Director of Raleigh Dance Theatre in 1991, and served as Artistic Director of Carolina Ballet during its 3 year transition to a professional company. Choosing to no longer direct Carolina Ballet, Ms. LeGere became the Director of the reestablished Raleigh Dance Theatre until her retirement in June 2021. Ms. LeGere has choreographed 17 works for Raleigh Dance Theatre, many that were chosen to be performed at the RDA/SE annual festival. In April 2016, Ms LeGere received the RDA National Choreography Recognition Award.

Ms. LeGere co-directed The Raleigh School of Ballet, where she taught for 30 years. She has guest taught and set her choreography at schools and companies all over the country. She was honored with the 2006-2007 North Carolina Dance Alliance Annual Award. In August of 2021, Ms. LeGere was named Artistic Director Emeritus of Raleigh Dance Theatre and the RDT Board of Directors established a fund in her honor. She continues to work with RDT overseeing the George W. Newton School Performance Initiative and other outreach activities.

Head to our website (cityballetofwilmington.org) for more information on our summer intensive or to sign up. Classes are filling- register today! ☀️

Soar with City Ballet this summer! ☀️ Classes are filling- register today at: cityballetofwilmington.org!

Why choose City Ballet?

• Programs for ages 3-adult, pre-ballet to pre-professional.

• Founded on over thirty years of experience and success.

• Emphasis on safe and correct technique.

• Lots of individual attention for all students.

• Fine-arts culture with classical music, and 2-3 theatrical performances per year.

• Scholarships available, and costumes provided.

• Nurturing, family environment.

• Outstanding full time faculty plus 5 weeks of exceptional guest teachers this summer.

Register for City Ballet Summer Intensive today! Registration for Fall 2026 coming soon!

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City Ballet Summer Intensive Guest Teacher Spotlight ⭐️

Week 3 (June 22-26)- Ashley Hathaway

Ashley Hathaway (Carolina Ballet Principal Dancer) is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina where she began her ballet training at age 6 at the Raleigh School of Ballet. Having grown up in the capital city, she was chosen to be part of Carolina Ballet’s productions from a young age and was the very first Clara in The Nutcracker. Ms. Hathaway continued her education at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and has also trained at the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Jacob’s Pillow. Upon joining Carolina Ballet, Ms. Hathaway’s featured roles include Lucy in Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Dracula, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and Juliet in Robert Weiss’ Romeo & Juliet. In the summer of 2018, Ms. Hathaway was picked to dance at the National Choreographers Initiative in Irvine, California.

For more information about our summer intensive or to sign up- head to our website: cityballetofwilmington.org (link in bio) ☀️

One magical performance last night ✨ Two more today! Come escape into the world of City Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” with live professional orchestra and chorale ❄️

TODAY at 2pm (limited seats available) & 7pm (some great seats still available) Tickets in our bio or at link below ⬇️

https://wilsoncentertickets.com/events/the-nutcracker-2025-12-07-200-pm/

🎄 Join us for a special holiday concert with the before the 7pm performance tonight! Pre-show concert starts at 6:30.