Alexandra Terry

Birthplace

New Canaan, Connecticut, USA

Age started dancing

Three years old

Training

Privately tutored by Jessica Saund; Elena Kunikova; Irina Dvorovenko; Karin Averty; San Francisco Ballet School; Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program

Awards

Named One of Ten Up-And-Coming Black Ballerinas to watch by Dance Spirit Magazine (Feb 2018)

Previous Companies

Dance Theatre of Harlem, 2022 – 2023; Ballet West, Second Company, 2016 – June 2019

Repertoire

Snowflake, Waltz of Flowers, Arabian dance in Willam Christensen’s Nutcracker; Dewdrop Fairy in Stephanie Dattellas’s Nutcracker; Swan, Czardas, Waltz in Adam Sklute’s Swan Lake; Pas de Trous des Odalisques in Anna-Marie Holmes’s Le Corsaire; Emeralds and Diamonds in George Balanchine’s Jewels; Dressmaker, Court Couple, Star Fairy in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella; Scheherazade in Pamela Robinson-Harris and Peggy Dolkas’s Alladin; Beauty in Pamela Robinson-Harris and Peggy Dolkas’s Beauty and the Beast.

Other info

Loves reading and fashion.