Principal Teacher, Ballet Master, and Outreach Coordinator
Catherine joined JDT as our Principal Teacher and Ballet Master, in 2017. Prior to moving to Juneau, she served as associate artistic director of Central Texas Youth Ballet and has been a faculty teacher for Eglevsky Ballet in New York, under the direction of Laszlo Berdo. Catherine trained with Leslie Hench at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in addition to programs at Virginia School of the Arts and University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She teaches Level 2A through 6, and the boys' class. Catherine was instrumental in helping JDT launch its boys program. She rehearses all intermediate to advanced ballet choreography for JDT performance, and also does in-school visits and instruction, as our Outreach Coordinator.