“Keep dancing only because you love it – no other reason.”
Alessandra trained with Gwinnett Ballet Theatre under the direction of Lisa Sheppard. She also trained with Stanislav Issaev and went on to complete the Premio Roma International Ballet Competition where she received third prize and the Grishko Prize for Charm and Elegance. Alessandra danced with Colorado Ballet for one season before joining North Carolina Dance Theatre 2 and later, the main company. In 2008, after six years with NC Dance Theatre, Alessandra moved to Madrid, Spain, where she danced with Victor Ullate Ballet. Alessandra has performed in George Balanchine’s Agon, Apollo, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Who Cares?; Jerome Robbins’s Fancy Free; Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs; and various works by Alvin Ailey, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Mark Diamond, Alonzo King, Dwight Rhoden, Uri Sands and Septime Webre. She was a 2005 recipient of the Princess Grace Award.
