Alexa West (b. 1991 Houston, TX) is a dance artist based in New York City. West studied both dance and sculpture, and makes performances that incorporate material sensibilities across the two disciplines. She trained at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance before receiving a BFA at the Cooper Union, and an MFA at the Milton Avery School of Art at Bard College. West’s work has been presented in both gallery and performance spaces around New York City and Houston, TX. West is a co-founder and co-director of Pageant, a performance venue in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently a Dance Research Fellow at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library.