Alejandra Preciado

Portrait by Thierry Des Fontaines

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Member Since

2021

Dancer

Teacher

Alejandra Preciado

Alejandra (Ale) Preciado is from Panama City, Panama, where she started dancing at three years old. After her family relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah, she continued her training until finishing her high school dance education at Ballet West Academy. Ale attended the Alonzo King LINES Ballet B.F.A. Program at Dominican University. During her time there, she studied ballet, contemporary, modern, and the GYROTONIC® method. After graduating college in 2019, she began freelancing in San Francisco with multiple organizations such as SFDANCEWORKS. In 2021 Ale joined NW Dance Project as a company artist where she has performed original roles in new works by Sarah Slipper, Ihsan Rustem, Yin Yue, Joseph Hernandez, Caroline Finn, Bryan Arias, and others. In her time at NW Dance Project, Ale has also taught at their intensives and school. She is eager and passionate to share her experiences with the next generation.