Lesley Vanessa Vargas Diaz, teaching artist

Born and raised in Chihuahua Mexico, Lesley has been dancing since age 8. Straight out of high school, she headed to New York where she trained at Broadway Dance Center and performed for the professional semester showcase with Victor Sho and Chio Yamada, a flashmob at Central Park with Derek Mitchelle and danced for Good Morning America with Icona Pop . Later Lesley returned to Mexico to study at university in Bellas Artes. After two years she returned to New York and began training at Peridance Dance School where she had multiple shows with Enzo Celli, Mathew James, Vivake Khamsingsavath, Marijke Eliasberg and more. Other performance credits include Telemundo with artist Justin Quiles and Amara la Negra; United Place with artist Yexian, In 2020 she joined Rumbamena Dance Company and recently she appeared in J Balvin’s video “Tu Veneno” as a dancer and principal model.