Resume
Full Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Union (SDC)
Areas of Specialization
I specialize in creating narrative, evocative movement material, both traditional “dances” as well as atmospheric movement landscapes that attempt to illuminate the play’s narrative, tension, and relationships. As a Dance-Theatre choreographer, I work in multiple genres of dance, from period movement, to punk, to Contemporary and Avante-garde forms, to magical realism, and character analysis through movement. I use spatial relationships, body posture, dynamic shifts, and rhythmic patterns to create meaning.
Select professional highlights
Professional Performance Experience
2001–present: Alexandra Beller/Dances, Artistic Director/Performer
2005: John Turturro: “Romance and Cigarettes” (Film)
2003–2004: Martha Clarke: Belle Epoque (Lincoln Center)
1999–2000: Irving Penn: “Dancer” (Photography)
1995–2001: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (principal member)
Choreography/Touring
Off-Broadway:
2022:
“Make Thick My Blood” Director (Off-Broadway NY run July 2022)
2017:
"The Mad Ones" at 59E59 (Stephen Brackett, Director)
"Peter Pan" at The Duke (Eric Tucker, Director)
“How to Transcend a Happy Marriage" at Lincoln Center Theatre (Rebecca Taichman, Director)
2015-16:
Bedlam’s "Sense and Sensibility" at Judson Gym (Eric Tucker, Director)
-LORTEL Nomination for Outstanding Choreography
Off-Off Broadway and other:
2020:
“Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) La MaMa and various locations USA
“Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a Son” Milwaukee Repertory
“Make Thick My Blood” Decruit Repertory (Director)
2019:
“Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a Son” CATF (Mark Clements, Director)
“Pride and Prejudice” Actor’s Shakespeare Project (Christopher Edwards)
“Sense and Sensibility” Portland Center Stage (Eric Tucker, Director)
2018:
“Pride and Prejudice” Vermont Shakespeare Festival (Christopher Edwards)
“Assembled Identity” HERE Arts (Kristin Marting, Director)
“Spring Awakening” Wake Forest University (Sharon Andrews, Director)
“Antonio’s Song” Milwaukee Repertory, workshop (Mark Clements, Director)
2017:
“Sense and Sensibility” American Repertory Theatre (Eric Tucker, Director)
(IRNE Nomination, Best Choreography)
“Skeletons” Broadway Bound Theatre Festival (Bryan Conger, Director)
“As You Like It” Folger Shakespeare Library (GT Upchurch, Director)
2016:
“As You Like It” Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (GT Upchurch, Director)
“Sense and Sensibility” Folger Theatre (Eric Tucker, Director)
-Helen Hayes Award (Best Choreography)
2015:
CHANG(E) (HERE Arts), Choreographer (Suzi Takahashi, Director)
“Antonio’s Song” (Dael Orlandersmith, Director)
2014:
“Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility” at Sheen Center (Eric Tucker, Director)
“Two Gentlemen of Verona” Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest. (Eric Tucker, Director)
2008:
“The Sea Gull” Theater Askew (Jason Jacobs, Director)
Taylor Mac’s “The Young Ladies of…”Movement Coach
Modern Dance/Dance-Theatre:
From 2002-present, Alexandra Beller has made over 50 original Dance-Theatre works for her own and other companies. A full CV is available upon request. Highlights include:
2016:
“milkdreams” at Gibney Choreographic Center
“As it was, it is” SUNY Purchase Conservatory Company
2015: NY Season: World Premiere of milkdreams at La MaMa
“Art is as is and as it is not…” NYLA (for Barnard College)
2014:
NY Season: “Give up, or a bird lying on its back” and “milkdreams” at Green Building (WIP)
“The first back after the second forward” Long Island University
2013:
NY Season:“other stories” at Irondale Center
“Dangling Fruits of Joy, or How to Make Love” Rhode Island College
2012:
NY Season: “other stories” at Joyce SoHo (Three week run)
“…and then there were” Oakland University (Student Production)
2011:
US Season: “other stories” (premiere) Institute for Contemporary Art
“egg” at Bill T. Jones Alumni Show at ICA, Boston
2010:
NY Season: “other stories” ( WIP premiere) “Piece” (premiere) “egg” DNA
“Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight” (Student Production) Kenyon College
2009:
NY Season: “what comes after happy” (premiere) and “egg” (premiere)
Abrons Art Center at Henry Street Settlement
Toured to: Bytom Festival, Poland; Open Look Festival, St Petersburg, Russia “piece” Duo MultiCultural Art Center
2008:
“Now” St Petersburg, Russia (Open Look Festival Gala)
“us” Berkshire Fringe Festival, The Tank (NYC), The Patterson (Maryland)
“Anywhere on this Road” (Student Production) Texas Christian University
2007:
NY Season: “us” HERE Arts Center
Weimar NY (Speigeltent, NYC)
2006:
NY Season: “You Are Here” Dance Theater Workshop
NY Season: “us” (WIP) HERE Art Space
“How to Make Love” Connecticut College
“i” d-dance (Korean Digital Dance Festival)
Film, Video and Photography
2014:
“Then Quiet the Hook” (Martijn Hart, DP and Editor)
2011:
“other stories” 5 films (Martijn Hart, DP and Editor)
2010:
“piece” 3 films (Martijn Hart DP and Editor)
2006:
“H2O” and “Mother and Child” (Howard Schatz, photographer)
2003:
"Rapture" (Brookie Maxwell, Photographer) Gallery 138
2002:
"Pure Oxygen" on The Oxygen Network
"The Ananda Lewis Show" on CBS
"The Hurricane Reports" (MarliesYearby, director) Gallery 138
"Dancer" (Irving Penn, Photographer) Whitney Museum, etc.
Awards, Funding and Honors
2016:
Lucille Lortel Nomination: Outstanding Choreography (Sense and Sensibility)
Guest Judge xyz Festival, NYC
2015:
Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Grant
2014:
BAX Parent Artist Grant
Gibney Dance Center Panelist for DANCentricity
Expert Witness: “Choreography” for Bochetto and Lentz
2013:
Brooklyn Arts Council MCAF Grant
Art Mill residency
Live Music for Dance Award (AMC)
Expert Witness: “Choreography” for Bochetto and Lentz
2012:
Artistic Advisor for Modern Guest Artist Series at DNA
Live Music for Dance Award (AMC)
Rockefeller Grant through The Joyce SoHo
Expert Witness: “Choreography” for Morrison and Foerster
2011:
Live Music for Dance Award (AMC)
Rockefeller Grant through The Joyce SoHo
2010:
Institute for Contemporary Art Commission (Boston)
Summer Stages Commission (Concord)
Rockefeller Grant through The Joyce SoHo
Personal and Professional References
Eric Tucker Artistic Director, Bedlam Theatre Company
323.456.6250
David McCallum AD, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival rdmccallum@gmail.com
Kristin Marting Executive Director: HERE
212.924.8134
David Dorfman AD, David Dorfman Dance 860.439.2830
Marya Warshaw Director: Brooklyn Arts Exchange
718.832.0018
David Henry Director, ICA (Boston)
617.478.3140