CBJ Principal Dancer Hannah Mae Cruddas is dancing a dream role as Anne Shirley in the company’s world premiere of Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™. Hannah Mae received her formative dance training from the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts and the Leica Hardy School of Dance in her home province of Nova Scotia before joining Canada’s National Ballet School in 2009. Get to know Hannah Mae in this interview about her history with Canada’s Ballet Jörgen, lifetime love for Anne of Green Gables, and process of becoming the iconic character of Anne Shirley.