Later she studied modern dance with Martha Graham, Harald Kreutzberg, and Agnes de Mille.

[5][15] Among the noted dancers who studied with Stuart were Myra Kinch, Todd Bolender, Laura Dean,[16] Michael Kidd,[17] Jacques d'Amboise,[18] and Alicia Alonso.

[19] Stuart co-wrote a textbook with Lincoln Kirstein, The Classic Ballet: Basic Technique and Terminology (1952), with an introduction by George Balanchine.

[20][21] In 1987, she was the first winner of the Mae L. Wien Faculty Award for Distinguished Service at the School of American Ballet.

[5] Her papers, including lesson plans and photographs, are in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library.