Alexandra Bradshaw Yerby
Alexandra is currently a full-time principal dance artist with Salt Lake City's Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Since joining the company in 2011, she has toured throughout the US and Europe performing dances by acclaimed choreographers Daniel Charon, Doug Varone, Johannes Wieland, Alwin Nikolais, and Bill T. Jones, among many others. From 2006 to 2011, Alexandra performed in Israel, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City with Rami Be’er, Todd Courage, Robert Moses, Janice Garrett, Catherine Galasso, and David Dorfman.
A dance educator and certified yoga teacher, Alexandra has most recently taught at The Royal Ballet School/Tumbuka Dance Company in Harare, Zimbabwe, the University of Wyoming, Laramie, the University of Mississippi, Hattiesburg, and the University of Georgia, Athens, among many others. She choreographs and teaches extensively throughout the state of Utah and has served on the faculty of the Utah Dance Festival, the UDEO High School Dance Festival, and Creative Arts Academy since 2012. Alexandra holds a BFA Cum Laude in Dance and a BA Cum Laude in Literature from the University of California, Irvine.
Upon graduation, Alexandra received the UCI Department of Dance Award for Most Outstanding BFA Dance Performance Graduate and was inducted into the National Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She completed additional study at Cambridge University UK, The Ailey School NYC, and YogaWorks NYC.
Alexandra is currently a full-time principal dance artist with Salt Lake City's Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Since joining the company in 2011, she has toured throughout the US and Europe performing dances by acclaimed choreographers Daniel Charon, Doug Varone, Johannes Wieland, Alwin Nikolais, and Bill T. Jones, among many others. From 2006 to 2011, Alexandra performed in Israel, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City with Rami Be’er, Todd Courage, Robert Moses, Janice Garrett, Catherine Galasso, and David Dorfman.
A dance educator and certified yoga teacher, Alexandra has most recently taught at The Royal Ballet School/Tumbuka Dance Company in Harare, Zimbabwe, the University of Wyoming, Laramie, the University of Mississippi, Hattiesburg, and the University of Georgia, Athens, among many others. She choreographs and teaches extensively throughout the state of Utah and has served on the faculty of the Utah Dance Festival, the UDEO High School Dance Festival, and Creative Arts Academy since 2012. Alexandra holds a BFA Cum Laude in Dance and a BA Cum Laude in Literature from the University of California, Irvine.
Upon graduation, Alexandra received the UCI Department of Dance Award for Most Outstanding BFA Dance Performance Graduate and was inducted into the National Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She completed additional study at Cambridge University UK, The Ailey School NYC, and YogaWorks NYC.
