26 Jan Kati Hanlon Mayo
Kati Hanlon Mayo trained at The Boston School of Ballet under the direction of E. Virginia Williams & Violette Verdy. At the age of 15, she became a member of Boston Ballet 2, performing regularly with The Boston Ballet. In 1992, Kati was invited by Salvatore Aiello to join North Carolina Dance Theatre (now Charlotte Ballet) as a principal dancer. That same summer, she became a member of The Chautauqua Ballet Company under the direction of Jean Pierre Bonnefoux.
Throughout her 17-year career at Charlotte Ballet Kati performed principal roles in ballets choreographed by George Balanchine, Alonzo King, Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, Dwight Rhoden, Jacqueline Buglisi and Nacho Duato. In 2000 & 2004, Kati was named Best Performing Artist by Charlotte Magazine. The New York Times reviewed that she “ruled the stage with benign classical authority” Dance Magazine heralded her as a “performer of stunning versatility and dramatic power.”
Kati began teaching at the Charlotte Ballet Academy in 1993. She is currently an instructor for the Company, the Academy, and the Trainee Division. Many of her students have gone on to professional careers with companies throughout the world, including New York City Ballet, Nederland Dans Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Houston Ballet. Kati has been a guest teacher for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Chautauqua Institution, Regional Dance America and she is a repetiteur for the Salvatore Aiello Trust. Kati is also a certified instructor of Dance for Parkinson’s Disease and Progressing Ballet Technique.
Headshot photo credit: Richard Israel
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