Alexis Borth
alexisborth@gmail.com
Currently based in Kansas City
USA Citizen Height: 5’10”/177cm
Current Passport
Companies
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company (Dir. Mary Pat Henry & DeeAnna Hiett, Kansas City, MO)
Tristian Griffin Dance Company (Tristian Griffin; Kansas City, MO)
Dance Theatre of San Francisco (Dir. Dexandro D. Montalvo); San Francisco, CA)
Complexions Contemporary Ballet (Dir. Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson, NYC)
Metropolitan Opera House - American Ballet Theater (Dir. Kevin Mackenzie; New York, NY) Kansas City Ballet (Dir. Devon Carney; Kansas City, MO)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Dir. Robert Battle; New York, NY)
Tristian Griffin Dance Company (Dir. Tristian Griffin, Kansas City, MO)
Neville Dance Theater (Dir. Brenda Neville; New York, NY)
Sheep Meadow Dance Theater (Dir. Billy Blanken; New York, NY)
Quixotic (Dir. Anthony Magliano; Kansas City, MO)
Albany Berkshire Ballet (Dir. Madeline Cantarella Culpo; Albany, NY)
Conservatory Dance Company of UMKC (Dir. Paula Weber; Kansas City, MO)
Performance Experience
2022:
Evening with the Bach Aria Soloists (Choreography: DeeAnna Hiett)
Water Dance Project Kansas City Chapter (Choreography: Katie Brennan & Dancers)
Doubles (Merce Cunningham Trust) Rise Arts Productions (Merce Cunningham - reps: Patricia Lent & Dylan Crossman, Rise Arts Artistic Director: Lindsay Clipner)
Default Network Solo (Choreography co-created: James Kirby Rogers & Alexis Borth. Premiered at Creative Intersections)
Calaboose (Choreography: Charissa Barton. Premiered as a part of New Dance Partners program, Overland Park, KS.)
Take Five Solo (Choreography: Mary Pat Henry, with Improvisation by Alexis Borth)
Never Loved a Man (Choreography: DeeAnna Hiett)
2021:
Alinea (Tristian Griffin)
Let It Be So Music Video (Music: Philip Daniel, Choreography: Tristian Griffin, Cinematography: Ryan Bruce. Filmed at Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City)
2020:
Miriam Solo from House of Names (Marika Brussel)
2019:
The Weight of Grass (David Herrera, Premiered at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco)
Fear For You Music Video (Music: Vonavi, feat Lorna Rose, Direction: Matthew Bowie, Choreography: Alexis Borth)
O Come O Come Emmanuel Dance Film (Music: The Piano Guys, Direction: Vincent Nel, Cinematography: Audrey Whitmeyer-Weathers, Choreography: Alexis Borth. Premiered at CornerstoneSF, San Francisco)
2018:
Fragments (Alexis Borth)
From Now On (Robert Dekkers)
Cooties (Ben Needham-Wood)
2017:
Broke(n) (Dexandro D. Montalvo)
Lady In Waiting (Angela Dice Nguyen)
NYFW Performance & Fashion Presentation (Choreographer: Pascal Rekoert, Designer: Veronika Brusa - Berenik, Additional Improvisational Movement: Alexis Borth)
2016:
Innervisions; Ballad Unto... (Dwight Rhoden)
The Golden Cockerel - American Ballet Theater (Alexei Ratmansky)
Exposed (Brenda Neville)
2015:
The Nutcracker (2015-2013; Kansas City Ballet, Albany Berkshire Ballet) – Snow Queen, Marzipan, Flowers, & Snow
Château (Sheena Annalise) – Soloist
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Memoria (Alvin Ailey, set by Ronni Favors)
The Nutcracker; Kansas City Ballet, Albany Berkshire Ballet; Snow Queen, Marzipan, Snow & Flowers
Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet (Peter Anastos) - Lavender Girl
Blue; Variations with Episodes (Paula Weber) – Soloist
2014:
2014 & 2012, Performance at the Kennedy Center for the ACDFA National Gala, Tricheur, Menteur, Voleur (Gary Abbott), Without A Word (DeeAnna Hiett)
Firebird Suite (Paula Weber) - The Firebird
Hurt Series (Kameron N. Saunders) - Soloist
2013:
The Relentless Question of What (Gary Abbott) - Soloist
The Furthest Distance in the World (Ming Xia)
2012:
Serenade (George Balanchine, set by Joysanne Sidimus)
Sweet Chaos (Ray Mercer) - Soloist
2011:
Carmina Burana (Paula Weber)
West Side Story (DeeAnna Hiett) – Grand Opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
“Mind, Matter, Method” Tribute to Bill T. Jones (Sabrina Madison-Cannon)
Rite Remixed (Notes on Rite of Spring) (Jamal Story)
Film/Modeling
Music Video "Fear For You" by VONAVI (feat. Lorna Rose) (Dir. Matthew Bowie) - Performed & Choreographed for film
Pedestrian Wanderlust Film Project (Dir. Rami Shafi) - Fully Improvisational, see www.pedestrianwanderlust.com
2015-2017 New York Fashion Week - Runway, Presentation, & Performances for Berenik (Veronika Brusa) and Cristina Ruales' Lines
Body Wrappers Dancewear - Editorial and promotional print in Dance Magazine
Fit Modeling - Gaynor-Minden Dancewear
2010 T.A.K.E. Foundation Fashion Show - Runway for multiple designers
Choreography
2022 INTERFACE - Evening-length production, premiered as a part of the Making Moves Program (funded through Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO)
2020 "Rightfully Ours" - Berkeley Ballet Theater in collaboration with SF Girls Choir, premiered at Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco
2018 "Fear for You" by VONAVI Music Video (Film Dir. Matthew Bowie) - Choreographed & Performed (international premiere)
2018 (Nov) Very Private Matters - Collaboration w/ visual artist & music composer, premiered at the San Francisco Art Institue
2018 (Apr) Fragments - Collaboration w/ visual artist, premiered at the San Francisco Art Institute
2015 Infra-Structure – Collaboration w/ The Ensemble of Irreproducible Outcomes at the galleries of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
2015 Copacetic - Premiered at the White Recital Hall (Olsen Performing Arts Center, Kansas City)
2013 C Minor Jungle – Premiered at Kay He’s Music Composition Graduate Concert
2011 Kuhodhi - Chosen as an Outstanding Student Work at the White Recital Hall (Olsen Performing Arts Center, Kansas City)
Special Skills/Certifications:
Certified GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS Instructor, 200hr Certified Yoga Instructor, Improvisation in Dance and Acting, Choreographing, Concert Piano, Acting (for stage and film), Vocal/Singing, Voiceover Work/Narration, Accents/Dialects, Public Speaking/Promotional Work
Training
2021 Certification in GYROKINESIS® - San Francisco GYROTONIC®, Adrianna Thompson
2020 Certification in GYROTONIC® - San Francisco GYROTONIC®, Kathy Van Patten
2018 200hr in Yoga Instruction - Corepower Yoga, Power Vinyasa Flow
2016 Forsythe Techniques & Improvisation - Elizabeth Corbett
2016/15 Complexions Contemporary Ballet - Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Christian Johnson, Clifford Williams, Natalia Alonso, Youngsil Kim, Terk Waters, Mari Winsor & Sarita Allen
2015 Ruth Page Center for the Arts - Birute Barodicaite, Victor Alexander, Ramona de Saa
2015 Fosse Technique and Repertoire - Christine Colby Jacques, Tracy Terstriep
2015-2011 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance – Paula Weber, Ronald Tice, Mary Pat Henry, Gary Abbott, DeeAnna Hiett, Sabrina Madison Cannon, Jamal Story
2014 Ballet Austin – Stephen Mills, Michelle Martin, LaQuet Pringle
2014 River North Dance Chicago – Sara Bibik, Patrick Simoniello
2013 Milwaukee Ballet – Michael Pink, Nadia Thompson, Rolando Yanes, Mireille Favarel,
2011 Glenda Brown Choreography Project
2009-2011 American Dance Center - Kristopher Estes-Brown, Jennifer Tierney
2009-2011 American Youth Ballet - Director: Kristopher Estes-Brown
2009-2010 Kansas City Movement - Director: Rachel Plante-EuDaly
2005-2009 The Culture House – Mona Storling-Enna, Tobin James, Nicole Avery, Mari Makela, Courtney Kierl-Bourman
Honors & Awards
Performed for The National ACDF Gala at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 2014 & 2012
Personal invitation to dance at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in Tianjin, China, March 2015
Granted a scholarship for Milwaukee Ballet's Summer Program, 2014
Awarded a merit and academic scholarship from The Conservatory of Music and Dance at The University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-2015
Graduated magna cum laude, BFA in Performance and Choreography from The University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2015
Superior Rating in Solo Piano Performance from the M.A. Music Association, Jul. 2002-08
Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society, Jun. 2013-Present
Masterclasses & Workshops
Ballet technique with Joysanne Sidimus (Balanchine Trust, National Ballet of Canada)
Ballet technique with Ramona de Saa (Director of Escuela Nacional de Ballet, Cuba)
Ballet technique with Peter Anastos (Artistic Director of Ballet Idaho and prev. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo)
Ballet technique with Roy Kaiser (Artistic Director Emeritus of Pennsylvania Ballet)
Joffrey Ballet
Alonzo King's LINES Discovery Workshop – Keelan Whitmore, LeeWei Chao, Karah Abiog
Dance Theater of Harlem
Ballet technique with Devon Carney (Artistic Director of Kansas City Ballet)
Contemporary Ballet with Edgar Anido (prev. of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, now BalletX)
Horton technique with Kirven & Antonio Douthit-Boyd (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
Horton technique with Troy Powell (Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey II)
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Martha Graham Dance Company
Currently based in Kansas City
USA Citizen Height: 5’10”/177cm
Current Passport
Companies
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company (Dir. Mary Pat Henry & DeeAnna Hiett, Kansas City, MO)
Tristian Griffin Dance Company (Tristian Griffin; Kansas City, MO)
Dance Theatre of San Francisco (Dir. Dexandro D. Montalvo); San Francisco, CA)
Complexions Contemporary Ballet (Dir. Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson, NYC)
Metropolitan Opera House - American Ballet Theater (Dir. Kevin Mackenzie; New York, NY) Kansas City Ballet (Dir. Devon Carney; Kansas City, MO)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Dir. Robert Battle; New York, NY)
Tristian Griffin Dance Company (Dir. Tristian Griffin, Kansas City, MO)
Neville Dance Theater (Dir. Brenda Neville; New York, NY)
Sheep Meadow Dance Theater (Dir. Billy Blanken; New York, NY)
Quixotic (Dir. Anthony Magliano; Kansas City, MO)
Albany Berkshire Ballet (Dir. Madeline Cantarella Culpo; Albany, NY)
Conservatory Dance Company of UMKC (Dir. Paula Weber; Kansas City, MO)
Performance Experience
2022:
Evening with the Bach Aria Soloists (Choreography: DeeAnna Hiett)
Water Dance Project Kansas City Chapter (Choreography: Katie Brennan & Dancers)
Doubles (Merce Cunningham Trust) Rise Arts Productions (Merce Cunningham - reps: Patricia Lent & Dylan Crossman, Rise Arts Artistic Director: Lindsay Clipner)
Default Network Solo (Choreography co-created: James Kirby Rogers & Alexis Borth. Premiered at Creative Intersections)
Calaboose (Choreography: Charissa Barton. Premiered as a part of New Dance Partners program, Overland Park, KS.)
Take Five Solo (Choreography: Mary Pat Henry, with Improvisation by Alexis Borth)
Never Loved a Man (Choreography: DeeAnna Hiett)
2021:
Alinea (Tristian Griffin)
Let It Be So Music Video (Music: Philip Daniel, Choreography: Tristian Griffin, Cinematography: Ryan Bruce. Filmed at Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City)
2020:
Miriam Solo from House of Names (Marika Brussel)
2019:
The Weight of Grass (David Herrera, Premiered at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco)
Fear For You Music Video (Music: Vonavi, feat Lorna Rose, Direction: Matthew Bowie, Choreography: Alexis Borth)
O Come O Come Emmanuel Dance Film (Music: The Piano Guys, Direction: Vincent Nel, Cinematography: Audrey Whitmeyer-Weathers, Choreography: Alexis Borth. Premiered at CornerstoneSF, San Francisco)
2018:
Fragments (Alexis Borth)
From Now On (Robert Dekkers)
Cooties (Ben Needham-Wood)
2017:
Broke(n) (Dexandro D. Montalvo)
Lady In Waiting (Angela Dice Nguyen)
NYFW Performance & Fashion Presentation (Choreographer: Pascal Rekoert, Designer: Veronika Brusa - Berenik, Additional Improvisational Movement: Alexis Borth)
2016:
Innervisions; Ballad Unto... (Dwight Rhoden)
The Golden Cockerel - American Ballet Theater (Alexei Ratmansky)
Exposed (Brenda Neville)
2015:
The Nutcracker (2015-2013; Kansas City Ballet, Albany Berkshire Ballet) – Snow Queen, Marzipan, Flowers, & Snow
Château (Sheena Annalise) – Soloist
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Memoria (Alvin Ailey, set by Ronni Favors)
The Nutcracker; Kansas City Ballet, Albany Berkshire Ballet; Snow Queen, Marzipan, Snow & Flowers
Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet (Peter Anastos) - Lavender Girl
Blue; Variations with Episodes (Paula Weber) – Soloist
2014:
2014 & 2012, Performance at the Kennedy Center for the ACDFA National Gala, Tricheur, Menteur, Voleur (Gary Abbott), Without A Word (DeeAnna Hiett)
Firebird Suite (Paula Weber) - The Firebird
Hurt Series (Kameron N. Saunders) - Soloist
2013:
The Relentless Question of What (Gary Abbott) - Soloist
The Furthest Distance in the World (Ming Xia)
2012:
Serenade (George Balanchine, set by Joysanne Sidimus)
Sweet Chaos (Ray Mercer) - Soloist
2011:
Carmina Burana (Paula Weber)
West Side Story (DeeAnna Hiett) – Grand Opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
“Mind, Matter, Method” Tribute to Bill T. Jones (Sabrina Madison-Cannon)
Rite Remixed (Notes on Rite of Spring) (Jamal Story)
Film/Modeling
Music Video "Fear For You" by VONAVI (feat. Lorna Rose) (Dir. Matthew Bowie) - Performed & Choreographed for film
Pedestrian Wanderlust Film Project (Dir. Rami Shafi) - Fully Improvisational, see www.pedestrianwanderlust.com
2015-2017 New York Fashion Week - Runway, Presentation, & Performances for Berenik (Veronika Brusa) and Cristina Ruales' Lines
Body Wrappers Dancewear - Editorial and promotional print in Dance Magazine
Fit Modeling - Gaynor-Minden Dancewear
2010 T.A.K.E. Foundation Fashion Show - Runway for multiple designers
Choreography
2022 INTERFACE - Evening-length production, premiered as a part of the Making Moves Program (funded through Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO)
2020 "Rightfully Ours" - Berkeley Ballet Theater in collaboration with SF Girls Choir, premiered at Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco
2018 "Fear for You" by VONAVI Music Video (Film Dir. Matthew Bowie) - Choreographed & Performed (international premiere)
2018 (Nov) Very Private Matters - Collaboration w/ visual artist & music composer, premiered at the San Francisco Art Institue
2018 (Apr) Fragments - Collaboration w/ visual artist, premiered at the San Francisco Art Institute
2015 Infra-Structure – Collaboration w/ The Ensemble of Irreproducible Outcomes at the galleries of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
2015 Copacetic - Premiered at the White Recital Hall (Olsen Performing Arts Center, Kansas City)
2013 C Minor Jungle – Premiered at Kay He’s Music Composition Graduate Concert
2011 Kuhodhi - Chosen as an Outstanding Student Work at the White Recital Hall (Olsen Performing Arts Center, Kansas City)
Special Skills/Certifications:
Certified GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS Instructor, 200hr Certified Yoga Instructor, Improvisation in Dance and Acting, Choreographing, Concert Piano, Acting (for stage and film), Vocal/Singing, Voiceover Work/Narration, Accents/Dialects, Public Speaking/Promotional Work
Training
2021 Certification in GYROKINESIS® - San Francisco GYROTONIC®, Adrianna Thompson
2020 Certification in GYROTONIC® - San Francisco GYROTONIC®, Kathy Van Patten
2018 200hr in Yoga Instruction - Corepower Yoga, Power Vinyasa Flow
2016 Forsythe Techniques & Improvisation - Elizabeth Corbett
2016/15 Complexions Contemporary Ballet - Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Christian Johnson, Clifford Williams, Natalia Alonso, Youngsil Kim, Terk Waters, Mari Winsor & Sarita Allen
2015 Ruth Page Center for the Arts - Birute Barodicaite, Victor Alexander, Ramona de Saa
2015 Fosse Technique and Repertoire - Christine Colby Jacques, Tracy Terstriep
2015-2011 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance – Paula Weber, Ronald Tice, Mary Pat Henry, Gary Abbott, DeeAnna Hiett, Sabrina Madison Cannon, Jamal Story
2014 Ballet Austin – Stephen Mills, Michelle Martin, LaQuet Pringle
2014 River North Dance Chicago – Sara Bibik, Patrick Simoniello
2013 Milwaukee Ballet – Michael Pink, Nadia Thompson, Rolando Yanes, Mireille Favarel,
2011 Glenda Brown Choreography Project
2009-2011 American Dance Center - Kristopher Estes-Brown, Jennifer Tierney
2009-2011 American Youth Ballet - Director: Kristopher Estes-Brown
2009-2010 Kansas City Movement - Director: Rachel Plante-EuDaly
2005-2009 The Culture House – Mona Storling-Enna, Tobin James, Nicole Avery, Mari Makela, Courtney Kierl-Bourman
Honors & Awards
Performed for The National ACDF Gala at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 2014 & 2012
Personal invitation to dance at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in Tianjin, China, March 2015
Granted a scholarship for Milwaukee Ballet's Summer Program, 2014
Awarded a merit and academic scholarship from The Conservatory of Music and Dance at The University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-2015
Graduated magna cum laude, BFA in Performance and Choreography from The University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2015
Superior Rating in Solo Piano Performance from the M.A. Music Association, Jul. 2002-08
Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society, Jun. 2013-Present
Masterclasses & Workshops
Ballet technique with Joysanne Sidimus (Balanchine Trust, National Ballet of Canada)
Ballet technique with Ramona de Saa (Director of Escuela Nacional de Ballet, Cuba)
Ballet technique with Peter Anastos (Artistic Director of Ballet Idaho and prev. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo)
Ballet technique with Roy Kaiser (Artistic Director Emeritus of Pennsylvania Ballet)
Joffrey Ballet
Alonzo King's LINES Discovery Workshop – Keelan Whitmore, LeeWei Chao, Karah Abiog
Dance Theater of Harlem
Ballet technique with Devon Carney (Artistic Director of Kansas City Ballet)
Contemporary Ballet with Edgar Anido (prev. of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, now BalletX)
Horton technique with Kirven & Antonio Douthit-Boyd (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
Horton technique with Troy Powell (Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey II)
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Martha Graham Dance Company