Halle May began dancing ballet, contemporary, jazz, and tap at age 9 in Purvis, MS under the direction of Lori Breaux and Markos Williams. At 15 years old, she decided to train pre-professionally at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, Alabama. There she trained heavily in classical ballet, pointe, and limon modern dance. She was under the direction of Wes Chapman, Teri Weksler, Martha Faesi, and Germaul Barnes. During her time there she performed works choreographed by Robert Battle, Mark Morris, Nadine Bartman, Margi Cole, and Susan Shields. Her training includes American Ballet Theater’s intensive in Austin TX, Joffery Ballet Intensive in New York, and Point Park University International intensive in Pittsburgh, PA. She graduated in 2020, and furthered her dance education at Point Park University’s COPA program in Pittsburg, PA. There she majored in dance with a consentration in modern dance techniques, under the direction of Garfield Lemonius. She studied classical ballet, Chinese dance, Hortan Technique, Martha Graham Technique, Limon Technique, jazz, and improv dance. After a dance injury in college, she moved back to Hattiesburg and began volunteering at Leaps of Faith in 2022. In 2023, she became full time at Leaps of Faith as the Chief Executive Assistant, and in 2025 got promoted as the Artistic Director.