Leslie Ptak Baker

Dance

Teaching Experience

Flagstaff Arts & Leadership Academy, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2001- present

Courses taught: Jazz 1, 2 &3, Modern 1, Tap, Fitness

NAU Preparatory School for the Performing Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1999 – 2002

Courses taught: Creative Movement, Tap Dance, Pre-Ballet, Jazz Dance

Coconino Community College, Grand Canyon & Flagstaff, 1997 - 2007

Courses taught: Aerobics, Step Aerobics, Jazz Dance

Arizona Suzuki Institute Clinician, NAU, Summer 1999, 2000, 2001

Courses taught: Creative Movement, Dance for Musicians, Historical Dance

Substitute Teacher, Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, 1992 – 2000

Taught: K -12

Workshops, Summer Camps, Classes for all ages, Grand Canyon, 1991 – 2000

Taught: Creative Movement, Ballet, Jazz Dance, Musical Theater, Drama

Grand Canyon Rec. Center, National Park Service Albright Training Center,

Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, 1988 – 2000

Taught: Aerobic Dance, Step, Conditioning; ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor

Professional Experience

Professional Dancer, New York, Los Angeles, Canada, Japan, and worldwide with Princess Cruises, 1978 – 1988

Choreographer

Flagstaff Light Opera Company, Theatrikos, Town & Gown Theater, Canyon Moon Theater, NAU Musical Theater Camp, Fountain Hills Community Theater.

Education

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1978

Bachelor of Fine Arts, “Outstanding BFA Student, ’78, in Dance Performance and Choreography”

Music Together, Center for Music and Young Children (Princeton, NJ), Santa Cruz, CA, 1999.

Advanced training in Early Childhood Music

Introduction to Schulwerk, Phoenix AZ, 1999

Health and Nutrition, Glendale Community College, 1997

Jazz Dance, Art, Coconino Community College, 1992 – 1997

Computer I.S., Art, Scottsdale Community College, 1988 – 1989

Humanities, Chapman College, Orange, CA 1974 – 1995

English, Psychology, Scottsdale Community College, 1973 - 1974