Duluth School of Ballet

Peter Garick began his study of dance in South Carolina with Margaret Foster, a pioneer of ballet in the Southeast. In 1968, he joined Canada's internationally-renowned Royal Winnipeg Ballet, where he studied under Artistic Director Arnold Spohr, Jean McKenzie, Ted Patterson, Gwynne Ashton, Frank Bourman, Eugene Slavin, and numerous guest teachers, including Benjamin Harkarvy and Vera Volkova.. As a dancer with the RWB, Mr. Garick toured Canada and the United States, as well as Australia, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, and South and Central America.

In 1975, Mr. Garick became Company Manager to the RWB, responsible for coordinating all details of the Company's extensive touring. In 1978, he became Company Manager for the Theatre Department of Canada's National Arts Center in Ottawa. In 1982 he and his friend Sergei Sawchyn developed and produced the first-ever tour of the western world of the Great Circus of China.

In 1984, Mr. Garick returned to the US to work as a free-lance consultant in arts management and promotion. He has also been a master teacher and choreographer for several schools and companies throughout the Southeast, including the Columbia Ballet School and the South Carolina Ballet Theatre (Columbia, S.C.), The Gainesville Ballet (Gainesville, GA), The Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), the University of South Carolina Dance company, and the South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory.