ABOUT THE DIRECTORS:

The twins, Leah and Megan Watson, were born and raised in Long Beach, CA, where they began their ballet training at Long Beach Ballet Arts Center, under the direction of David Wilcox. They went on to study at The School of American Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and The San Francisco Ballet School. They have cookie-cutter career lifestyles, joining the San Francisco Ballet as apprentices in 1992, and joining the corps de ballet in 1993. After performing and touring internationally with the company for seven years, Leah and Megan decided to retire and adventure into other avenues of the dance world. They began teaching their craft to others and in 2002 the twins obtained their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from St. Mary's College. They taught ballet extensively throughout the Bay Area honing their skills to better meet the needs of their students. Their diverse background has enabled them to become leaders of quality dance instruction. Achieving their ultimate goal, they opened the doors to Duo Dance Academy in 2004.

• Trained with: Irina Jacobson, Larisa Sklyanskaya and Jocelyn Vollmar. Master classes with Margot Fonteyn.
• Performed choreography by: George Balanchine, August Bournonville, David Bintley, James Kudelka, Lar Lubovitch, and Jerome Robbins.