Alex Ketley

Alex trained at The Washington Ballet, The School of American Ballet, The New School for Social Research, and the Royal Danish Ballet in Denmark. In 1994 he moved to California and joined the San Francisco Ballet where he performed both classical and contemporary repertory in San Francisco and on tour throughout the world. In 1998 he left the ballet to co-found his own company, The Foundry, in order to explore his interests in choreography, improvisation, mixed-media work, and collaborative process. The Foundry has since created 11 full length pieces, numerous video pieces, and has been reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle as ” the vangaurd of American dance” (Jan. 6, 2003). In 2001 he was an Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts and a winner of the Hubbard Street 2 National Choreography Competition creating “Trace Fulfillment” which is still in the active repertory of that company. While creating work for The Foundry he also worked with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet from 2000-2002 as both a dancer and choreographer. In 2002 he left LINES in order to be a Wattis Artist in Residence at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts where he created both an installation and a full-length piece for the center’s Bay Area Now Festival. In 2003 his second commission from Hubbard Street 2 Chicago premiered for the main company’s Inside/Out program. In 2003 he also worked on a new project with choreographer Charles Moulton, and brought The Foundry to The Yard for a residency in Chillmark, Mass. In 2004 he set “Trace Fulfillment” at Florida State University as a choreographer representing Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.