Christina Leonard is a lifelong dancer and Massachusetts based director, teaching artist, choreographer, and mentor who has worked with hundreds of young dancers from studios and training programs in Greater Boston over the past 2 decades. Working primarily with the youth, her strengths include classical Ballet, Tap & Jazz, Lyrical & Contemporary, and children’s specialty classes. Her adaptive teaching style comes from a core belief that dance is accessible to everyone, and provides a connective framework between the deep lineage of dance styles and how that history connects us to the world we live in today. Christina received her fundamental dance training and mentoring through her mother, Donna Leonard, with whom she was Co-Director of Center Stage Dance Studio until 2025. Alongside her experience as a Studio Director, Christina’s professional career continues to expand as an organizer, performer, dance teacher, guest artist, and choreographer at local & regional studios, including the inspirational Tony Williams Dance Center at which she has worked and collaborated with for nearly two decades. Throughout her career, Christina has held positions of Rehearsal Assistant, Assistant Director, and Co-Director with Melrose Youth Ballet – producing and co-directing full-length ballets including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Coppélia, and more. She was co-founder of Middlesex Ballet Project in 2018, in which she produced and curated performance and workshop opportunities for Massachusetts ballet dancers seeking new opportunities to perform and work with esteemed choreographers & artists. She held an 18-year membership with the Dance Teacher’s Club of Boston and continues to maintain a presence in the public school sector both with BalletROX, Cambridge Dance in the Schools, and Malden Public Schools. In 2019, Christina acquired her Adaptive Dance certification with the Boston Ballet and continues to apply inclusionary practices and a well-rounded perspective of dance to foster healthy leadership, foundational technique, and goal-oriented training to her students. In addition to teaching in the classroom, Christina served as Programs & Special Initiatives Associate with Boston Dance Alliance, where she produced participatory dance events throughout Boston, including the notable International Moves & Food Series in partnership with the Esplanade Association. You can also find Christina throughout the Boston street dance community, both as a co-organizer of Cypher 4 Change, a mutual aid dance jam that amplifies and supports local and international dance communities working with the youth in Gaza, Congo, and right here in Boston, as well as training within the Boston Krump community. She continues to apply the core principles of learning as a lifelong student of dance on a never-ending pursuit of dance education, and loves nothing more than sharing her expansive perspective on dance with young people throughout the Greater Boston area.