Leah Slavens Haggard began her ballet training at the Ballet Center of Houston under the direction of Victoria Vittum and continued at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School as a Professional Division student. Leah went on to dance professionally with The Grand Rapids Ballet, Utah Regional Ballet, and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet where she has performed in Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake, and George Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht, Stars and Stripes, Gounod Symphony, Danses Concertantes, and Serenade, among many other ballets and original works. Most recently as a freelance performer, she has performed with Ballet Memphis, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Indiana Ballet Theater, and Deos Contemporary Ballet. Leah is also a certified holistic nutrition health coach and human nutrition master’s student, who works with dancers and students on dancer nutrition and wellness education.