Leah Allen is the Dance Department Program Manager at Baltimore

School for the Arts in Baltimore, MD and currently on faculty teaching

PBT and Ballet. She is originally from Schaller, IA and began her dance

training under the direction of Tina McMurray studying ballet, tap, and

jazz. Leah was fortunate to receive a scholarship to study dance at the

University of Arizona under the guidance of Amy Ernst, Susan Quinn

Williams, Melissa Lowe, Michael Williams, and Sam Watson. Upon

graduating with a BFA in Dance, she relocated to Chicago where she

performed with Impetus Dance Theatre, Instruments of Movement,

Chicago Dance Crash, and Jay-son Tisa Dance Company. Leah was also

a featured member of Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre where she was

appointed Dancer Liaison and Co-Rehearsal Director. She is the former

Company Managing Director of Jenny’s Dance Centre in Libertyville, IL

and is a national award winning teacher and choreographer for JDC’s

performance company. Her choreography has been recognized both

regionally and nationally receiving many awards including the Judge’s

Choice Award. Her students have been awarded titles and scholarships

on the regional and national levels and have also been accepted to

several prestigious summer intensives including Alonzo Kings LINES

Ballet, Kaatsban, Joffery, Ballet Hispanico and Cincinnati Ballet.

Several of her students have continued on and received scholarships to

study dance at The University of Arizona, Point Park University,

Oklahoma City University, Chapman, and the University of Michigan.

Leah’s students have be seen on Broadway tours, working with

companies including Koresh Dance Company, Satin Dollz, and the

Francesca Harper Project, cruise lines including Disney, Royal

Caribbean, Norwegian, and Regent, and theatre programs including

Music Theatre Wichita and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. She is also a

regional and national judge for Star Dance Alliance. Leah holds her

certification in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Levels 1-3 and

Progressing Contemporary Technique (PCT) and is very excited to share

this innovative technique with her students. She and her husband have 2

children, Aiden and Max.