Guest Teachers for Summer Intensives 2026
Week 1: June 8-12 (Guest Teacher Jan Burkhard),
Week 2: June 15-19 (Guest Teacher Arron Scott),
Week 3: June 22-26 (Guest Teacher Ashley Hathaway),
Week 4: July 13-17 (Guest Teacher Mary LeGere),
Week 5: July 20-24, Week 6: July 27-31, (City Ballet Faculty)
Week 7: August 3-7 (Guest Teacher Arron Scott)
Photos: Arron Scott, Ashley Hathaway, Jan Burkhard, Mary LeGere - bios below
Diane Orio Gerberg and Caroline Frankil Warren see City Ballet Faculty
Arron Scott (Faculty of Washington Ballet, former Soloist with American Ballet Theatre) was raised in State College, Pennsylvania, and started his training at the Ballet Theatre of Central Pennsylvania at age nine, under the direction of Andrea Hill (City Ballet Director). He has danced on full scholarships at American Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet School and the School of American Ballet summer programs as well as being 2002-2003 ABT National Training Scholar. He trained for two years at the School of American Ballet where he was awarded the Rudolf Nureyev Scholarship.
Scott joined ABT’s Studio Company in September 2003, the main Company as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2004, promoted to soloist in 2014. His roles with the Company through 2019 included the Bronze Idol and the Head Fakir in La Bayadère, Lead Fieldworker in The Bright Stream, the Jester and Napoleon in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, the First Sailor in Fancy Free, Birbanto in Le Corsaire, Bryaxis in Daphnis and Chloe, Lead Gypsy in Don Quixote, Alain in La Fille mal gardée, the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Prince Guidon in The Golden Cockerel, the Young Soldier in The Green Table, the Beggar Chief in Manon, Kolia in A Month in the Country, a Carnival Dancer in Othello, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, the Wolf in The Sleeping Beauty, the Neapolitan Dance in Swan Lake, Eros and a Goat in Sylvia, The Boy in Whipped Cream and leading roles in Airs, Bach Partita, The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Brief Fling, Company B, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Duets, Dumbarton, Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once, Gong, Her Notes, In the Upper Room, The Leaves Are Fading, Mozartiana, Serenade after Plato’s Symposium, Seven Sonatas, Sinfonietta and Symphony #9. He created roles in After You and AfterEffect.
Arron has taught a variety of classes during a 6 week residency with ABT’s William J. Gillespie School, guest taught for ABT’s Studio Company, as well as The Washington School of Ballet’s summer intensive. He currently teaches the Washington Ballet's Trainee and Pre Pro Levels.
Arron is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.
Jan Burkhard (Carolina Ballet Chairman of School Faculty/Ballet Master) began her professional training at The School of American Ballet at the age of 9. She performed numerous ballets with New York City Ballet and was involved in the New York Choreographic Institute. Upon completion, she was also the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award in 2005 for Most Outstanding Promise. In the fall of 2005, she became a member of Carolina Ballet’s corps de ballet. In 2009, Ms. Burkhard was nominated for the Princess Grace award. She has performed principal roles including Princess Aurora, Juliet, Firebird, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Giselle. Her repertoire also includes George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Valse Fantaisie, Apollo, Who Cares?, Allegro Brillante and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; August Bournonville’s La Sylphide and Flower Festival; Robert Weiss’ A Classical Ballet, Intimate Voices, Les Saltimbanques, Lady in the White Veil, Poemes des Rivages and Lullaby; Zalman Raffael’s Rhapsody, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, In the Gray, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1, The Other Ravel, Metaphorical Heart, and Frankenstein among others.
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.
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.
Scott joined ABT’s Studio Company in September 2003, the main Company as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2004, promoted to soloist in 2014. His roles with the Company through 2019 included the Bronze Idol and the Head Fakir in La Bayadère, Lead Fieldworker in The Bright Stream, the Jester and Napoleon in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, the First Sailor in Fancy Free, Birbanto in Le Corsaire, Bryaxis in Daphnis and Chloe, Lead Gypsy in Don Quixote, Alain in La Fille mal gardée, the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Prince Guidon in The Golden Cockerel, the Young Soldier in The Green Table, the Beggar Chief in Manon, Kolia in A Month in the Country, a Carnival Dancer in Othello, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, the Wolf in The Sleeping Beauty, the Neapolitan Dance in Swan Lake, Eros and a Goat in Sylvia, The Boy in Whipped Cream and leading roles in Airs, Bach Partita, The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Brief Fling, Company B, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Duets, Dumbarton, Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once, Gong, Her Notes, In the Upper Room, The Leaves Are Fading, Mozartiana, Serenade after Plato’s Symposium, Seven Sonatas, Sinfonietta and Symphony #9. He created roles in After You and AfterEffect.
Arron has taught a variety of classes during a 6 week residency with ABT’s William J. Gillespie School, guest taught for ABT’s Studio Company, as well as The Washington School of Ballet’s summer intensive. He currently teaches the Washington Ballet's Trainee and Pre Pro Levels.
Arron is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.
Jan Burkhard (Carolina Ballet Chairman of School Faculty/Ballet Master) began her professional training at The School of American Ballet at the age of 9. She performed numerous ballets with New York City Ballet and was involved in the New York Choreographic Institute. Upon completion, she was also the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award in 2005 for Most Outstanding Promise. In the fall of 2005, she became a member of Carolina Ballet’s corps de ballet. In 2009, Ms. Burkhard was nominated for the Princess Grace award. She has performed principal roles including Princess Aurora, Juliet, Firebird, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Giselle. Her repertoire also includes George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Valse Fantaisie, Apollo, Who Cares?, Allegro Brillante and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; August Bournonville’s La Sylphide and Flower Festival; Robert Weiss’ A Classical Ballet, Intimate Voices, Les Saltimbanques, Lady in the White Veil, Poemes des Rivages and Lullaby; Zalman Raffael’s Rhapsody, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, In the Gray, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1, The Other Ravel, Metaphorical Heart, and Frankenstein among others.
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.
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.