Ms. Hathaway began her formal ballet training at the Colorado Ballet Academy

under founding Directors Lillian Covillo and Freidann Parker. She also trained extensively with

former ABT dancer, Larry Boyette. She spent her summers training with Ballet West/Aspen under

Bruce Marks and Toni Lander. When moving to Dallas she attended Booker T. Washington High

School for the Performing and Visual Arts under the direction of Dr. Rosanne Cox and the Dallas

Ballet Academy, under the direction of Vivi Flint of the Royal Danish Ballet, where she graduated

as the honorary recipient of the George Skibine Award and was a Young Arts award recipient.

Upon graduation she joined the Dallas Ballet Company, under the direction of Flemming Flindt.

While with Dallas Ballet some of her repertoire included Serenade, Four Temperaments, La

Sylphide, Les Sylphides, Swan Lake, Konservatoriet, Flemming Flindt’s The Toreador, Three

Musketeers, Nutcracker and Phaedra, Ms. Hathaway danced with the Pennsylvania

Ballet/Milwaukee Ballet under Director Robert Weiss where she performed the ballets of the late

George Balanchine including Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, Midsummers Night

Dream and Nutcracker. Ms. Hathaway attended Southern Methodist University on full merit

scholarship in Dance. She danced with the Lexington Ballet and Ballet Arkansas under the artistic

direction of her husband Kirt Hathaway. While in Arkansas she served as Academy Director

developing curriculum and teaching all levels. Currently, she and her husband own and direct

Hathaway Academy of Ballet and their non-profit Collin County Ballet Theatre. Linda has

coached her students for YAGP and other competitions to receive top awards and scholarships.

Her students have gone on to dance professionally in companies such as Ballet Hannover, Los

Angeles Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet West, Nashville Ballet and others. Linda was on the faculty for

Joffrey Dallas year-round Trainee program from 2023-25. She is looking forward to returning for

her third summer with Joffrey Dallas summer intensive!