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Kate Wray (TTC Dip., ARAD, ISTD)
grew up in Gloucestershire, England, and trained at the prestigious
Royal Ballet School in London. Soon after she was awarded her
Teachers' Training Course diploma in 1993 by Dame Ninette de Valois,
founder of the Britain's Royal Ballet.
Along with her diploma, Ms. Wray received her teaching
certifications with distinction for Cecchetti Ballet Technique,
National Dance, (both awarded with distinction), the Royal Academy
of Dance Syllabus, Character, and Spanish Dance. She is also an
ARAD-qualified instructor, and is able to enter pupils for
examination for the ARAD syllabus. She was one of the first from the
UK to attend the Kirov Ballet's Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
in Leningrad.
Ms. Wray taught in Gloucester and London and was Assistant Ballet
Mistress at the London Children's Ballet Company before becoming an
original cast member of the Basel, Switzerland production of The
Phantom of the Opera.
She worked with director Hal
Prince, composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, and choreographer Gillian
Lynne. She then joined the original production of Phantom in
London.Ms. Wray then moved to New York as a cast member of Phantom
on Broadway, and then went on to Dance and sing the principal role
of Meg. In her 13 years of involvement with Phantom, Ms. Wray became
the only person in the world to have performed in the companies of
London, New York, Basel, and the National Tour.
Kate Wray's career as a dancer, and life experience on the stage
gives her the ability to train all dancers from ages 2 through
adult. She is not only an amazing dancer, but also brings joy and
light to every class that she teaches. Formerly, she taught at
Hoboken Dance Academy, and is very happy to be the Ballet Mistress
at the new Garden Street School of the Performing Arts. Her three
year old daughter, Liliana Grace, is her pride and joy.
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