Leah Schwarzli

Associate Diploma C.C. - C.I.C.B, A.I.S.T.D, TTP Dip (NBS):

Leah began her dance career at a young age competing extensively in ballet and pointe. She completed all of the Advanced Cecchetti exams as well as advanced exams in RAD ballet and ISTD for National Dance. In 2015, Leah graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program where she attained her teaching diploma, her Associate with the Cecchetti Society of Canada and her Associate with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. In 2016, Leah received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University where she specialized in dance education. As her Senior Project in her final year at York U, she completed a two hundred-page booklet focusing on training elements that dancers require to successfully prepare for Cecchetti examinations.

Leah has spent the last twelve years choreographing award-winning ballet pieces for her dancers and preparing her students for Cecchetti exams. Leah loves seeing her dancers grow in their dancing abilities and in who they are as individuals. She strives to pass on her passion for classical dance to every one of her students.