Gina Hyatt-Mazon began her ballet training in Berlin and Munich, Germany. In 1981, Ms. Hyatt-Mazon won the gold medal in the German National Competition, and in 1982, the gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi.

Ms. Hyatt-Mazon joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1982 and was a principal dancer from 1986 to 1997. She worked closely with choreographer John Neumeier, creating the lead roles in many of his ballets such as Othello, Cinderella, Peer Gynt, and Undine, and she has danced much of the classical repertoire including Giselle, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and The Nutcracker.

Ms. Hyatt-Mazon has staged most Georgia Ballet productions, such as The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Serenade, Coppelia, Giselle, and the contemporary Going Bach. She was The Georgia Ballet's Ballet Mistress under the direction of Iris Hensley from 1997 until her appointment as Artistic Director in August 2003. Ms. Hyatt-Mazon has worked extensively as a guest teacher in addition to teaching for the Georgia Governor's Honors program.