Alex

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Alex is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Lexington, KY. He grew up in Lexington before moving to attend school at Northern Kentucky University, where he graduated with his BFA in Dance performance Summa cum laude in 2020. While in school, he attended summer programs at BalletMet Columbus, where he had the pleasure to perform Balanchine’s Who Cares, and the American Dance Festival where he studied and performed in informal stagings of the works of Willaim Forsythe (Workwithinwork; In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated), staged by Elizabeth Corbett. He also engaged as a trainee at De La Dance Center in 2018, and he completed his Vaganova exam during his year abroad at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance under the tutelage of Alexander Alexandrov in Israel in 2020.

He has danced for the Lexington Ballet Company since 2021, and has choreographed and taught for studios in the greater Bluegrass region such as: The Lexington Ballet Academy, Ambo Dance Theatre (Louisville), United Fine Arts Academy, Town and Village Dance, and Sora Aerial Arts. His roles at the Lexington Ballet include: The Nutcracker Prince, Candy Cane soloist, and Coffee soloist in The Nutcracker, Kaschei the immortal in The Firebird, Prince Désiré in Act III of Sleeping Beauty, and Prince Charming in Snow White, as well as featured roles in new creations by the prior and current artistic directors. This is his third season at the ballet, and he is grateful to be back again!