ALESSANDRA VALEA (Choreographer) is an NYC-based performing artist, director, and choreographer. Additionally, she is a certified dance educator through Dance Educators of America and serves as the Director of Metuchen Dance Centre and the Theatre Arts Conservatory in New Jersey. She is also currently the Artistic Director for Dance Reflections. Notable projects include: Pass The Mic Festival: The Loophole (UW Madison), The View Upstairs (SpeakEasy Stage, Boston), #BARS III (The Public Theater, NYC), Public Speaking’s HAIR 50 (The Public Theater, NYC), Spamalot (Papermill Theatre, N.H.T. Award Nominee), Fingerpaintings (Playwrights Downtown, NYC), Le Fay (Music Theatre Factory, NYC) Jay Adana’s Larsen Legacy Concert (American Theatre Wing/Adelphi), Dirty Secrets (Tony & the Kiki), Cabaret, Reefer Madness, Dancing At Lughnasa, Urinetown, I Love You Because (The Boston Conservatory) and The Duke Ellington Nutcracker (Metuchen Dance Centre). Alessandra has her BFA from The Boston Conservatory with a triple emphasis in Acting, Dance and Choreography. www.alessandravalea.com