First-Year Dance Instructors Offer New ‘Directions’

Westmont’s dancers offered an eclectic yet balanced performance before large crowds Dec. 9-10. “Directions,” featuring choreography by both faculty and students, celebrated a new era of dance at Westmont under the direction of first-year Westmont instructors Susan Alexander and Christina Sanchez. Sanchez performed a solo choreographed by Alexander. The fall dance recital included nine pieces, showcasing a variety of choreography, style and music.

Alexander was professor of modern dance at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Dance from 1989-2008, and for the Paris Opera Ballet Company from 1985-2008. Alexander, a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, earned a master’s degree in dance at Mills College.

Sanchez has performed and toured throughout Europe, South America and the U.S. with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She has also performed with Ballet Hispanico of New York, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Buglisi Foreman Dance.