Beth Marks is a product of the Ballet Arts Centre, founded by her mother, Betty Balfour Marks, over forty five years ago. Beth began her training at an early age, thus growing up to fully understand the discipline and dedication that the art of the dance demands. She trained with such master teachers of classical ballet, contemporary and jazz techniques as Madame Persalavic of the American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, May O'Donald, Luigi, Matt Mattox, Nat Horne and the Paris American Academie.

  She began her professional career with the Theatre Am Goetheplatz in Bremen, West Germany. She performed with this company throughout Europe in original ballet works, musicals, operettas and television. Upon her return to the United States over 25 years ago she assumed directorship of the Ballet Arts Centre.

   Beth was Ballet Mistress for the Florida Ballet at Jacksonville and performed in the annual Nutcracker, and served as Director of the First Coast Nutcracker for eight years. She is a Founding-Director of the Community Nutcracker, Inc which performs every year during the holiday season at the Florida Theatre. Beth is a member of Dance Masters of America and the Florida Dance Association with which she has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as Faculty for the Association's Summer Dance Festival also a past faculty member of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.