Biography
Leasa Thernes
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Leasa Thernes is a teaching artist, award-winning filmmaker and choreographer. She has written, directed and/or produced five short films. Her film, Basket of Sane, won awards for Best Surrealist and Best Experimental at the New York International Independent Film Festivals in New York City and Los Angeles, and was a participant in the Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner. She has directed and choreographed numerous ballets and theatrical productions. Her choreography won the Gold Medal for Group Dance and the Silver Medal for Solo Dance at the Maccabi Games (Jewish Olympics) in Boston. Leasa can be found teaching, choreographing and directing at Coronado Academy of Dance, San Diego Junior Theatre, the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center and at numerous after school theatre enrichment programs around San Diego county.