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Karen Leslie Moscato began classes at Princeton Ballet School after seeing American Repertory Ballet's The Nutcracker when she was four years old. She studied with Douglas Martin, Mary Barton and Maria Youskevitch. In the intervening summers, she trained with Martine van Hamel, Ann Marie DeAngelo and Lisa Lockwood at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center and with Rochelle Zide-Booth at Boston Ballet. She joined American Repertory Ballet in January, 2011.

During her time at ARB, Karen Leslie has danced the role of Rebecca Gibbs in Phillip Jerry's Our Town, restaged by Mary Barton and Douglas Martin, performed in Twyla Tharp's Eight Jelly Rolls, Kirk Peterson's Glazunov Variations, and Douglas Martin's Ephemeral Possessions.  Recently, during ARB's Fall 2011 Season, she danced in Kirk Peterson's The Eyes that Gently Touch, Mary Barton's Straight Up With A Twist, and Douglas Martin's Pathways.  In ARB's The Nutcracker, she has performed a number of roles including Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Dew Drop Fairy, Marzipan Woman and Sugar Doll.