North Jersey School of Dance Arts

Erin Usawicz – Ballet

Erin Usawicz received her training with Jose Mateo and Mary McKenzie-Thompson as a scholarship student at Ballet Theatre of Boston’s (now called Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theater) Young Dancer’s Program. Upon graduation, she served as the company’s apprentice and then advanced to a corps de ballet member.

Other training included work with Finis Jhung at Broadway Dance Center in New York City as well as with Allegra Kent, famed Balanchine-era ballerina. Erin studied fashion design at Pratt Institute and photography at Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts where she earned a BFA with high honors. Erin currently works as a photographer and ballet teacher, and is the mom of two young boys, Ivan and Xavier.