About The Georgia Ballet 

The Georgia Ballet, founded in 1960 by Marietta, Georgia native Iris Hensley, is a destination for exceptional training, performance and educational outreach.  At its helm are Artistic Director Gina Hyatt-Mazon, Ballet Master/Resident Choreographer Janusz Mazon (both former principal artists of Germany’s Hamburg Ballet) and Executive Director Michele Ziemann-DeVos. 

The company’s repertoire of classical and contemporary works includes ballets by such luminaries as George Balanchine and Peter Anastos and is augmented by the critically acclaimed and award winning choreography of its own Janusz Mazon, whose ballets include The Firebird, A Sleepy Hollow Story, Pinocchio, A Young Dancer’s Guide to the Orchestra and American Dreamer, among others. 

The Georgia Ballet is committed to Arts in Education and serves 12,000 area students annually through a variety of programs designed to make the art of dance accessible to school children.  All programs meet Georgia Quality Core Curriculum Standards, allowing educators the opportunity to share the arts, specifically dance, with their students.

The School at The Georgia Ballet, with an enrollment of 350 students, enjoys a rapidly growing reputation - regionally and nationally - for its increasingly recognizable fine training, as well as the definable artistry of its pre-professional students.  The Georgia Ballet is a member of the Southeastern Regional Ballet Association (SERBA). 

In 2010, The Georgia Ballet won top honors at the Ovation Awards as Cobb County’s Most Outstanding Arts Organization.

Community Involvement

The Georgia Ballet is a proud member of United Arts of Cobb.
The mission of the United Arts of Cobb is to create and administer a permanent Endowment Fund which will support and enrich the artistic endeavors of the United Arts of Cobb members.  The vision of this organization is to create a stable and thriving Art Community that nourishes the cultural life of Cobb citizens and makes unique contributions to the overall quality of life to this region.