Alexandra Dickson

Born in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, Alexandra trained for ten years at the nationally acclaimed Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver before earning a full scholarship to Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1990 as a member of the corps de ballet. After two years, she returned to Canada to dance with Ballet British Columbia under internationally respected dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director John Alleyne. During her time with Ballet BC, Alexandra performed bold contemporary works by choreographers including William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, John Alleyne, and James Kudelka, developing a dynamic movement vocabulary that would shape the rest of her career.

In 1995, Alexandra returned to Pacific Northwest Ballet as a Soloist. Her featured repertoire included George Balanchine's Serenade, La Valse, Agon, The Four Temperaments, Symphony in C, Divertimento No. 15, Chaconne, Ballet Imperial, Theme and Variations, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as Kent Stowell's Swan Lake, Coppélia, and The Nutcracker, and Ronald Hynd's The Sleeping Beauty.

Her extensive neoclassical and contemporary repertoire included works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, Donald Byrd, Nicolo Fonte, Peter Martins, Mark Dendy, Clark Tippet, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Lar Lubovitch, Rudy van Dantzig, Kevin O'Day, Eliot Feld, Miriam Mahdaviani, Lila York, Choo San Goh, Lynn Seymour, Ton Simons, Val Caniparoli, and Kent Stowell.

Alexandra toured extensively throughout North America and internationally with Pacific Northwest Ballet and Ballet British Columbia. Her performing career took her to New York City Center, The Joyce Theater, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sadler's Wells in London, the Edinburgh Festival, Melbourne Festival, Istanbul, and other major cultural centers around the world. Alexandra performed alongside artists from Shanghai Ballet, Beijing's National Ballet of China, Hong Kong Ballet, and Australian Ballet.

From the stage at Pacific Northwest Ballet to the studios where she now shapes the next generation.

Alongside her performing responsibilities at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Alexandra assisted the artistic team by coaching children's roles in the company's productions of The Nutcracker and Pinocchio and served as an AGMA dancer representative.

After retiring from Pacific Northwest Ballet, Alexandra completed her full STOTT PILATES® certification and was hired to manage the Pacific Northwest Ballet Conditioning Program, combining her professional dance experience with a growing expertise in anatomy, movement science, conditioning, and dancer wellness.

From 2007 to 2014, Alexandra continued performing as a featured artist with Seattle Dance Project. There, she performed works by Edwaard Liang, Molissa Fenley, Donald Byrd, and Hilde Koch, including leading roles in Liang's Flight of Angels and To Converse Too. In 2011, she returned to the Pacific Northwest Ballet stage as the Blue Fairy in Bruce Wells' production of Pinocchio.

Alexandra later joined the artistic team at BalletMet, where she served as Children's Ballet Mistress. As a trusted répétiteur for internationally acclaimed choreographer Edwaard Liang, she staged his work for professional companies including Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, The Washington Ballet, Eugene Ballet, and Los Angeles Ballet.

Her teaching experience extends across generations and levels of experience. She has worked with young children, pre-professional students, university dancers, professional artists, adult beginners, and experienced adult dancers returning to the studio, including teaching at Cornish College of the Arts, the University of Washington, and The Ohio State University.

Alexandra continues to deepen her knowledge through ongoing education in anatomy, movement science, motor learning, mental and physical wellness, and healthy dancer development. Her work has been influenced by internationally respected educators including Lisa Howell and Anne Green Gilbert.

In 2017, Alexandra co-founded Lynch Dance Institute in San Diego with the belief that exceptional dance training should never come at the expense of a dancer's emotional or physical wellbeing. At LDI, she has helped create an environment where impeccable technique, musicality, artistry, anatomical awareness, integrity, and confidence are developed together. Her approach combines high expectations with deep care, what she calls strict warmth.

• Goh Ballet Academy
• Pacific Northwest Ballet School
• Full scholarship recipient

• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Ballet British Columbia
• Seattle Dance Project
• BalletMet

• Soloist
• Children's Ballet Mistress
• Répétiteur
• Conditioning Program Manager
• Artistic Director

• STOTT PILATES® Certified
• Anatomy & Movement Science
• Motor Learning
• Mental & Physical Wellness
• Healthy Dancer Development

• Cornish College of the Arts
• University of Washington
• The Ohio State University

• Lisa Howell
• Anne Green Gilbert
• Ongoing professional development in anatomy, movement science, wellness, and dancer development