Alexandra Cummins

Dance Lecturer

Contact

208 Hearst Gym
510-642-3288
alexandrabcummins@berkeley.edu

Office Hour: Mondays 1:15-2:15pm.

About Alexandra Cummins

Alexandra received her MFA in Performance and Choreography from Mills College as well as a BA in Theater Arts with a concentration in dance from Sonoma State University. She has trained in various dance techniques including musical theater, jazz, tap, ballroom, rhythm, ballet, and modern. Alexandra presently teaches at the Academy of Art University and Santa Rosa Junior College. In addition, Alexandra was the resident choreographer/dance instructor for Roustabout Theater in the north bay and served as the dance department head for Frenchwoods Performing Arts in upstate New York. She has had the pleasure of performing around the Bay Area in works by Merce Cunningham, Sheldon Smith, Sonya Delwaide, Scott Wells, Kristen Daley, Nancy Lyons, and Mark Haim. She has also been privileged to perform with Barclay Broadway Dance Company in San Francisco, CA. Alexandra competes in Future Champions and Jack & Jill competitions through Arthur Murray; placing in the top six for Smooth and top three for Lindy Hop. She has been a company member of Summer Repertory for four seasons, performing and choreographing works such as West Side Story, Drowsy Chaperone, and The Producers. To date Alexandra has choreographed forty five musicals including Billy Elliot, 42nd Street, White Christmas, Legally Blonde, Anything Goes, and Hairspray.