The New York Baroque Dance Co.

Photo by Joanna Totolici

ALEXIS SILVER is a New York City based dancer and choreographer. She joined The New York Baroque Dance Company in 2010, and has toured the US and abroad, performing in Handel’s Teseo at the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany, Festival de Música Antigua Esteban Salas in Havana, Cuba, in Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, among many others. As a member of the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company, she performed in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleur, Handel’s Almira, and Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise. Alexis choreographed the modern day premiere of Lully’s La Chûte de Phaëton at the Aquilon Music Festival and has presented her solo choreography at the Washington National Cathedral. Additionally, she performs with Balam Dance Theater, Sarah Skaggs, and Becky Radway. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, she grew up in Berkeley, CA and Boston, MA. She trained with Ronn Guidi’s Oakland Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet School, Marcus Schulkind, and Nordic Baroque Dance Company’s International Summer Academy. Alexis is also an accomplished photographer, www.asilverphotography.com. Sarah Lawrence College: B.A. Liberal Arts; London Contemporary Dance School: Certificate of Higher Education.