 Later, she began to study with New York City Ballet dancers Colleen and Patricia Neary in California.During this time she enrolled at the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica where she studied with the former New York City Ballet principal Yvonne Mousey and learned the Balanchine technique.While performing on Broadway in Susan Stroman's revival of the Meredith Wilson musical "The Music Man", Peck entered the School of American Ballet for the winter term of 2000-2001.