Margaret Severin-Hansen began her training at Huntington School of Ballet on Long Island. At 13, she was accepted to the Intermediate Division at the School of American Ballet and in 1994, she became a scholarship student with the School of American Ballet. Before joining Carolina Ballet, Ms. Severin-Hansen spent six weeks in 1998 with the Royal Danish Ballet Company in Copenhagen, Denmark on a dance scholarship. Ms. Severin-Hansen is a founding member of Carolina Ballet.