Lisa Marie Leake, Pilates, Ballet Trained as child in Tap, Go-Go and Creative Dance, then in Classical Ballet under the Stuttgart Ballet in high school. Awarded European-wide second and third-place in music, acting and dance performances. Since 1985, formal Boston, New York, L.A. and San Diego training in ballet, jazz, modern, tap and World Music dance forms. Over two decades as an individual and group instructor for Ballet, Creative and Modern dance, Pilates, and Water ballet/aerobics, teaching all ages - toddlers through mature adults. Recent performances entitled “BodyGrooves World Music and Dance" include apprearances at Passim (Cambridge), the Somerville Summer Festival, Zeitgeist (Cambridge), West End Theatre (Gloucester), the Marblehead 4th of July Festival, and local colleges and senior centers. Artistic Experience: • Berlin Music Festival, participant and award recipient • European-wide theatre, International Thespian Member • Training with Stuttgart Ballet, Gene Murray's School of Dance, Boston Ballet, Ballet Theater, Jeanette Neil, Boston Conservatory, Impulse Dance (, Green Street Studios, California Ballet, San Diego Ballet, Alonso King, and various New York City studios, Hubbard Street (Chicago) Past Teaching Experience: • Gloucester, Salem, Swampscott & Marblehead YMCAs Aerobics Instructor • Manchester Athletic Club, Aerobics/Dance Instructor • Tobin Community Schools, Cambridge, Ballet Instructor • Jewish Community Center, Marblehead, Aerobics/Dance Instructor • L.A. Fitness, San Diego, Aerobics/Dance instructor • Escondido Performing Arts Arts Center, San Diego, Ballet Instructor • Encinitas Performing Arts Workshops, San Diego, Dance Instructor • North Shore Community College, Creative Dance Instructor • UMass-Boston, Aerobics/Movement Instructor