ALEXANDER ANDERSON

ALEXANDER ANDERSON is a South Florida native where he attended the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Class of 2010. Upon high school he continued his training at The Juilliard School where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance in 2014. While at Juilliard, he danced master works by Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Pina Baush and Jiri Kilian among others. His workshop choreography was well received and was featured on the Peter Jay Sharp Theater from 2010 - 2014. Alexander is a 2012 recipient of the Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship Award, a 2013 recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship Award as well as the Alexander Bay Moore Dance Award. Upon graduation, Alexander danced for Nederlands Dans Theater 2 and later joined as company artist with Nederlands Dans Theater 1 working with leading choreographers such as Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Schecter, Marco Goecke amongst others. In October 2019, he was mentioned in Dance Europe Magazine by Critic's Choice for 'Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer' for his performance in Crystal Pite's "Solo Echo". In January 2020, Alexander joined Gibney Company as a Guest Artist and was hired as an Artistic Associate beginning in August 2020.