About

Alec Roth is originally from Milwaukee Wisconsin, where he received his initial training from Milwaukee Ballet School. He went on to further his training with Boston Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, and American Dance Center in Kansas City.

 

As a professional, Alec danced with Colorado Ballet, Minnesota Ballet, De La Dance Company, and Ballet San Antonio among others before joining Mareck Dance. His classical repertoire is extensive, performing in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Coppelia, La Sylphide, and Flower Festival. In addition to his classical repertoire Mr. Roth has performed the works of many contemporary choreographers including Mark Diamond, Salvatore Aiello, Jean Pierre Bonnefoux, Michael Pink, Deanna Carter, Bruce Steivel, Brian Enos, Sean Aaron Carmon, Karen Mareck Grundy, Colby Damon, Kristopher Estes-Brown, and Edwaard Liang.

 

In addition to his work as a dancer Alec has also spent time creating work as a choreographer.  His first works were created on the students of American Dance Center, later progressing to work with professional dancers at Bay Pointe Ballet and Mareck Dance. Alec enjoys exploring the different movement qualities of dancers often with a comedic flair.

 

Mr. Roth is excited to share his knowledge with new generations of dancers and uses his classical background along with his experience in contemporary dance to provide a well-rounded dance education to his students.

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Sophia Myers began her training at the Cincinnati Ballet Academy where she had the opportunity to perform in numerous productions with the company. She received additional training from the School for Creative and Performing Arts in downtown Cincinnati where she graduated top of her class.

 

After high school Sophia joined Louisville Ballet as a trainee under artistic director Bruce Simpson. There she enjoyed teaching for the Louisville Ballet School where she taught Creative Movement through Pre-Ballet for both the school year and the summer program. Sophia then continued on as a professional dancer and teacher with Ballet Quad Cities for two seasons where she was able to expand her contemporary dance experience by working with choreographers such as Brian Enos and Dominic Walsh. After Ballet Quad Cities, Myers spent a season with Bay Pointe Ballet in the San Francisco Bay Area while teaching for many local studios.

 

Following Bay Pointe Ballet, she then joined de la Dance Company under Meridith Benson and Mario de la Nuez performing in roles such as the Sylph in La Sylphide, Swanilda in Coppelia, and Giselle in Giselle. While in Cincinnati, she also received extensive training to teach the Gyrotonic Expansion System, which has been instrumental in her dancing and teaching. The last four seasons of Sophia's career she danced with Ballet San Antonio where she had the pleasure of dancing roles such as Cupid in Don Quixote, and Lead Harlot in Romeo and Juliet. For the past two seasons Sophia had the pleasure of being the Rehearsal Director for Mareck Dance, working closely with professional dancers in Columbia. Sophia is very excited to bring both her knowledge and talents to Columbia Ballet Academy