Alexa West is an artist and choreographer based in New York City. Her research examines the materials and spaces that influence human motion to illustrate the hilarious and absurd conditions that frame our collective embodiment. Her work is presented between gallery and performance spaces and collaborates with performers.
West studied in the professional training program at the Martha Graham School before receiving her BFA from the Cooper Union. Her work has been presented in New York City and Houston, Texas. West was an artist in residence at Chez Bushwick and Otion Front in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently an MFA candidate at Bard College, Milton Avery School of the Arts.
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K.J. Holmes, photo by Elyse Mertz
“Performance Mix Festival has its own life, and Karen and the staff continue to evolve with the times in a way I appreciate…it was tremendous to be a Liftoff AIR and then get to show the work I had continued to explore as an AIR a year later at PMF!”
– K.J. Holmes
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 510-1824
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
