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!

Conversations on Dance Podcast

Hosts Rebecca King Ferraro and Michael Sean Breeden interview LEAP Associate Director Stephanie Miller (episode 170) and Program Director Shaunna Vella with Program Coordinator Andrew Pearson (episode 258)

Count9 Podcast

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

Image		Dance Magazine Chava Pearl Lansky outlines "How to Attend College While Dancing Professionally", August 2024 Dr. Linda Hamilton recommends the LEAP Program in her "Advice for Dancers", May 2018
Image		Leading the Way in Hybrid Learning: LEAP Celebrates 20 Years Written by LEAP Adjunct Faculty member Jill Randall for Dance Teacher Magazine
Image		Dance Spirit Magazine Making School Work, September 2011
Image		Pointe Magazine 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
Image		The New York Times 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
Image		My 12-Year Journey to a Bachelor's Degree While Dancing Professionally LEAP Alum Lucy Van Cleef chronicles her time through the program for Pointe Magazine
Image		Dance Magazine Making it Happen: LEAPing Toward Change
Image		DancePlug LEAP Students and Alum discuss their journey through the Liberal Arts
Image		The New York Times Pairing Ballet with a Bachelor's Degree, November 2007
Image		Dancer Magazine LEAP: Dancing by Degrees, April 2005
Image		The Chronicle of Higher Education Preparing for Life After the Last Pirouette, June 2007

Our Students and Alum

Image		Harvard Kennedy School Profile on LEAP alumni Garen Scribner during his time at Harvard pursuing his Master's in Public Administration.
Image		The Washington Post Profile on Washington Ballet dancer and LEAP Student Nardia Boodoo, December 2019
Image		The Huffington Post Interview with Lee Wilson, whose LEAP Senior Project evolved into the book Rebel on Pointe, published by University Press of Florida, October 2014
Image		Dance Europe Magazine ABT Soloist Thomas Forster talks about his experience as a LEAP student, July 2018
Image		Dance Magazine LEAP Alum Gillian Murphy among the first ballet dancers invited into Harvard Business School's Crossover into Business Program, October 2018
Image		New York Times American Ballet Theater Principal Dancer, Gillian Murphy, graduates from LEAP Program, May 2018
Image		Pointe Magazine Candace Thompson features San Francisco Ballet Soloist and LEAP Student Julia Rowe, October 2016
Image		Dance Magazine Featuring LEAP alum Sarah Van Patten on the cover, September 2013