Alexa Kruchten, Instructor
ALEXA KRUCHTEN is from Chicago, Illinois. She is a proud graduate from Point Park University with a BA in Jazz and a minor in business. While at Point Park, she was privileged to learn from Kiesha Lalama, Garfield Lemonius, Jason McDole, Matthew Powell, Kiki Lucas, and Kimberly Anderson. She had the opportunity to perform works by Joshua Manculich, Colleen Hooper, Vanessa Figueroa, Callie Luckenbach, Nikki Morath, Alan James Libert, and understudy for Kiesha Lalama and Jose Limon’s Missa Brevis at the Byham Theater. Alexa had the honor of staging her own choreographic piece “find and seek” for Point Park University's student showcase. She was the president of Point Park's Hip Hop Club, Impluse, where she organized weekly classes and performance opportunities throughout the community. Alexa is currently a member of BOOM CRACK! Dance Company, a hip hop company led under the founder and artistic direction of Trae Turner. Within the past two years on the company, she has performed on WGN Chicago News and numerous shows including; Dance Chicago, Spring to Dance Festival St. Louis, and the Harris Theater. She has a passion for teaching and is looking forward to what's to come!