leigh bw

A) Leigh Roush - Director - Ballet,Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tumbling Specialty:  Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tumbling     Background:  Leigh Johnson Roush is the artistic director and owner of the academy. Leigh began studying ballet at a very young age and has trained under such renowned instructors as Edward Villela, Marcus Alford, Mary Ann Mee, Kathryn Horne and Duncan Noble. She has studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Wake Forest University and Eckerd College. and was a principal with the contemporary ballet company 'Dance Innovations' in St. Petersburg and Dance Central - modern and ballet company. Leigh is certified by test to teach by Dance Educators of America, with high honors scores in ballet and modern dance. Leigh has been the director of AAD for twenty-one years. Her students have been accepted to study with the School of American Ballet, The Rock School, Atlanta Ballet, Carolina Ballet and Joffrey ballet. Other students have continued their dance training on the college level at such schools as New York University, North Carolina School of the Arts, East Carolina University, The School in London and Duke University. Her students have won numerous scholarships to prestigious dance programs in New York, Las Vegas, London and Orlando and are performing professionally in throuhout the U.S. and abroad. Leigh has been honored with numerous awards for her choreography, staging and technical training. She has judged and taught master classes for several dance competitions and companies throughout the United States and is the artistic director of the 'City Youth Ballet'.     Phone:  704-982-7514 Email:  albemarledance@windstream.net