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Biography:
Alicia began her dance training in Columbus Ohio at Dublin Dance Center at the age of 4. It didn’t take long to discover her love for dance. She became relentless in her pursuit of the art and began studying ballet pre-professionally as well as modern, jazz, and tap. Alicia dove into the study of modern dance at Ohio University receiving her BFA in modern dance performance and choreography in 2013. After graduating from college she began teaching dance to children, teens, and adults. Alicia is also a choreographer and performer for The Movement Mission, a nonprofit that raises money for melanoma research through an annual benefit performance and gala, providing unique opportunities to develop work and collaborate with women from all walks of life. Alicia is also a Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator, certified through The Institute for Creative Mindfulness and Mindful Ohio. Alicia is currently dancing in Columbus with CoMo (Columbus Modern Dance Company) and freelancing work. While working for CoMo she has had the opportunity to work with various choreographers from around the country. Notably, Miki Orihari, principal dancer from the Martha Graham Company in a reconstruction of one of Graham’s early works ‘Heretic’. She has also worked with Kelsey Bartman of Texture Contemporary Ballet, Hannah Williamson of MamLuft&Co. Dance has been involved in the reconstruction of repertoire from MADCO(Modern American Dance Company) based out of St Louis, and Ellen Vierse of Project606 Dance.