LEAP in the News
"LEAP bends over backwards to help students."
— The Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
LEAP Program Coordinators Margot de la Barre and Andrew Pearson join host Reid Bartelme to discuss higher education for dancers! | ||
Hosts Rebecca King Ferraro and Michael Sean Breeden interview LEAP Associate Director Stephanie Miller () and Program Director Shaunna Vella with Program Coordinator Andrew Pearson () | ||
Hosted by Benjamin Goodley, a dancer turned Processing Engineer, this podcast focuses on dancer career transitions "for anyone who's danced a 5-6-7-8, then moved on to Count 9." Also check out LEAP alumni in episodes 11 and 13! |
Articles
Dance Magazine Chava Pearl Lansky outlines "", August 2024 Dr. Linda Hamilton recommends the LEAP Program in her "", May 2018 | ||
Written by LEAP Adjunct Faculty member Jill Randall for Dance Teacher Magazine | ||
Making School Work, September 2011 | ||
LEAP Founder, Claire Sheridan, discusses her vision for the program at it's inception, as well as in it's 20th Anniversary year, October 2019 | ||
Calls former LEAP Director Mark Bairds speech one of the "evening's most compelling moments" at the gala benefit for Career Transition for Dancers, October 2008 | ||
LEAP Alum Lucy Van Cleef chronicles her time through the program for Pointe Magazine | ||
Making it Happen: LEAPing Toward Change | ||
LEAP Students and Alum discuss their journey through the Liberal Arts | ||
Pairing Ballet with a Bachelor's Degree, November 2007 | ||
LEAP: Dancing by Degrees, April 2005 | ||
Preparing for Life After the Last Pirouette, June 2007 |
Our Students and Alum
Profile on LEAP alumni Garen Scribner during his time at Harvard pursuing his Master's in Public Administration. | ||
Profile on Washington Ballet dancer and LEAP Student Nardia Boodoo, December 2019 | ||
Interview with Lee Wilson, whose LEAP Senior Project evolved into the book Rebel on Pointe, published by University Press of Florida, October 2014 | ||
ABT Soloist Thomas Forster talks about his experience as a LEAP student, July 2018 | ||
LEAP Alum Gillian Murphy among the first ballet dancers invited into Harvard Business School's Crossover into Business Program, October 2018 | ||
American Ballet Theater Principal Dancer, Gillian Murphy, graduates from LEAP Program, May 2018 | ||
Candace Thompson features San Francisco Ballet Soloist and LEAP Student Julia Rowe, October 2016 | ||
Featuring LEAP alum Sarah Van Patten on the cover, September 2013 |
Featured Photos:
From Left to Right:
Nina Yoshida (Class of 2023), Julia Feeley (Class of 2023) Kafi Pierre (Class of 2023), Gillian Murphy (Class of 2018)