
Alethea is a Seattle-based dance artist and educator. Community, sensuality, care, effort, subversion and collaboration are central tenets of her creative work with dance partners human, object, site and sonic. She is co-founder and teaching artist with Ballet Rituals offering queered ballet technique for Seattle dancers, in addition to hosting local and touring contemporary dance research practices. She also teaches with Dance Undercurrent, University of Washington, Cornish College, and Dance Church. Past teaching appointments include Whatcom Community College (2014-2016), Velocity Dance Center's SFD+I summer festival (2019, 2022-2024), as well as recurring guest teaching for ODC Dance (2013), Bellingham Repertory Dance (2013-2017) the Seattle Piano Institute (2017-2022), Sam Houston State University (2019-2021) and others. Born in Washington State, Alethea grew up in the little northwest corner city of Bellingham
Qualifications
MFA
University of Washington