BIO •

Alexandra Light (née Farber) was born and raised in Washington, DC. From a young age, she embraced her jewish cultural identity, had a penchant for the natural world, and expressed herself through her body and art. Beginning dance at the age of three, she attended formal training from Maryland Youth Ballet. She also trained summer sessions with the School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, and Houston Ballet Academy.

In 2011 she bridged her training and professional career in Houston Ballet II, after which she was awarded an apprenticeship with Texas Ballet Theater where she has performed since. She has risen to the rank of principal dancer, performing leading roles in the majority of classical repertoire including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, among others, as well as contemporary repertoire including work by Wheeldon, Forsythe, Balanchine, Robbins, Tetley, and Acosta. She has also originated roles in works by Ma Cong, Ben Stevenson O.B.E, Kitty McName, Garret Smith, and Val Caniparoli.

She considers the breadth of her work to incorporate yet extend beyond her role as ‘ballerina’ and is actively engaged in study and creation. She supplemented her dance knowledge by achieving a Bachelor of Psychology, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland Global Campus, while continuing to dance full-time. Additionally, when she isn’t moving her body, Alexandra finds inspiration and meditation through a visual art practice which includes mixed-media, assemblage, photography, painting, fabric art, and more. All of these outlets ultimately feed the abstract, narrative, and abstract narrative dance works she creates.

Alexandra’s vibrant choreography portfolio includes a strong collection of work in both classical, contemporary, and multimedia genres including full dance works, music videos, movement direction, film, and portraiture. She has presented four of her works with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Her work, “The Way We Change” won awards at both the Silk Road Film Festival and the L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival. Her choreography has been featured in multiple live presentations, and she has served as a movement director for brands and other creatives. In 2023 she was the inaugural recipient of the Frank Lloyd Wright Darwin D. Martin House Creative Residency and fellowship. She has also been selected for the prestigious Center Pompadour artist residency in France and the BONFIRE artist residency for her antidisciplinary approach. Her work has garnered attention from local and major publications, including Pointe Magazine and NPR.

Alexandra looks forward to each new project, collaborator, study, and experience, and she expresses immense gratitude to all who have enabled and supported her work thus far.