Alexsandra
Meijer joined Ballet San Jose in 2001. Her repertoire
as a principal dancer in Dennis Nahat's ballets include Tsarina
Tatiana and Maria
Tannenbaum in The
Nutcracker, the role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, the title role of the Firebird in The Firebird, Long
Tall Sally in Blue
Suede Shoes, The Silk Empress in Middle Kingdom — Ancient
China, and the
featured female dancer in Ontogeny, Grand
Pas de Dix, and Mendelssohn Symphony.
Principal roles under other choreographers include Juno in Michael Smuin’s
The Tempest, Karen Blixen (The Woman) in the world
premiere production of Flemming Flindt’s Out of Africa,
Sanguinic in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, the featured female dancer Lew Christensen's Vivaldi Concerto
Grosso, and the role of The Lover in Smuin’s Shinju.
Meijer has also had the rare privilege to perform the role of Odette/Odile from Swan Lake with the highly esteemed Principal dancer Ronald Savkovic of Staatsoper Unter den Linden of Berlin, Germany.
She continues to perform principal guest artist roles at various festivals as well as with a variety of different companies. She has also performed extensively throughout China including the prestigious Shanghai Grand Theater during the Company’s 2008 “China Goodwill Tour”.
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