Macalah Leger began her dance training at The Conservatory of Ballet Aviv (COBA) in Mandeville, LA. She was a member of their Ballet company for 7 years. As a company member, Macalah auditioned and was cast in COBA’s production of “The Nutcracker”. She performed a variety of roles for 2 years and then on her 3rd year she was given the honor of dancing the lead role of Clara. During her time at COBA, Macalah was also privileged to dance in the opening act for Ballet Magnificat! of Jackson, MS.

Macalah then continued her dance education at Northshore Academy of Dance (NAD) in Covington, LA, where she was a member of their pro competition team. This allowed her to train under some of the most sought out choreographers in the country. During her time at NAD, she performed the lead role in a ballet variation from “Sleeping Beauty” with the Greater New Orleans Youth Symphony. She also auditioned for the Joffrey Ballet and was accepted on partial scholarship into their trainee programs, not only within the U.S., but also in both Russia and Italy.

Macalah’s time at NAD led her to her first professional job as a dancer. She was hired to perform the lead female role in the Arabian variation for Ballet Hysell’s production of “The Nutcracker”.

Upon graduating high school, Macalah began teaching for NAD while she attended the University of Southern Mississippi for two years. She continued her dance education while in school by taking classes with the dance department on campus. During this time, a once in a lifetime opportunity came up - Macalah auditioned and advanced past the first several rounds of Fox television’s “So You Think You Can Dance” season 11.

Macalah decided to transfer to Louisiana State University for the remainder of her undergraduate career to audition for the LSU Golden Girls. She was selected as 1 of 18 members for her final 3 years of college.

Upon graduating from LSU with a B.S. in Child and Family Studies, Macalah decided she wasn’t ready to give up dancing just yet. She auditioned for the Radio City Rockettes summer intensive and was accepted into their week long program, where she trained under the Rockettes themselves. The intensive ended in a performance for the Rockettes director, choreographer, and production crew, as well as friends and family in New York City. Macalah decided to continue training both in NYC and virtually from Louisiana with Rhonda Malkin (former Radio City Rockette) in hopes of fulfilling her dream. This led to many classes, intensives, and Rockette auditions… This is one of Macalah’s most proud accomplishments to this date.

Aside from dance, Macalah has spent the last 4 years as the studio manager and a fitness (Pilates & HIIT) instructor at Evolve Studio in Baton Rouge, LA. During her time at Evolve, she was given the opportunity to train the LSU Golden Girls to help them stay in peak physical condition during their physically demanding season.

Macalah is currently the coach of the Live Oak High School Eaglettes dance team and has been for the past 5 years.

In May of 2022, Macalah married the love of her life and in March of 2023, they welcomed their beautiful daughter, Ryen into the world. Macalah also has two beautiful bonus daughters, Adalynn & Ava.

“I am incredibly blessed to be given the opportunity to continue doing what I am passionate about in a community I have grown to love so much since 2019. Thank you to everyone who has believed in me and helped me turn this dream into a reality. When you step into the doors of LA Dance Space, you become family and I cannot wait to welcome you into mine! I hope you’ll join me and there will be many years of growth, hard work, love, and passion to come!”

-Macalah