Mary Beth Dawson

Mary Beth is the owner and artistic director of Dance Etc and is a Certified Acrobatic Arts Instructor and a member of the International Dance Entrepreneurs of America.

She graduated cum laude from Columbia College with a degree in Dance and a minor in Arts Management and has been teaching for over 40 years.

Her students have been selected as members of ECU Pure Gold Dancers and the Campbell University Dance Team. They have also been featured performers in shows at Disney, Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens and Carowinds; and have gone on to professional dance careers in California, Colorado, Florida, New York, North Carolina and Hong Kong.

Mary Beth serves as a Field Director for the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Program. She has also choreographed many community and civic productions such as Miss North Carolina, Miss Kinston-Lenoir County, Miss Neuse, SALUTE! A Tribute to America’s Veterans, and Relay for Life.