Kristin Alexander

Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Returning, Camper
Attended Camp: 1988-1993; 1998-2024

Kristin has danced her way through the summers from camper to camp director and will be returning to Ballibay for her 32nd year . She can still remember walking into her cabin in 1988 as a new camper, helping to choreograph musicals as a counselor-in-training, and teaching tap as a first-year counselor. After a four-year hiatus, she returned to Ballibay and it has remained her summer home. Some of her fondest memories are working alongside Jerry and Dottie Jannone as she became a member of the camp leadership. For the past 10 years she has co-directed the camp with John, a partnership fueled by creativity and gratitude for one another. This summer, Kristin is most looking forward to seeing colleagues and returning campers after a challenging year, meeting everyone joining the Ballibay community for the first time, and sharing the dance studio with the campers during the dance intensive!

Professional Bio:
Kristin is an assistant professor of dance at the College of Charleston and the founding artistic director of Annex Dance Company. She has taught, performed, and collaborated with companies and choreographers throughout the United States. From 2002 to 2010 Kristin was an associate professor of dance at DeSales University (Pennsylvania), and she returned in 2012 for a semester as acting chair of the dance department. In 2010, Kristin made Charleston, South Carolina, her new home, thus allowing Annex Dance Company to join the city’s thriving arts community. The company is committed to arts advocacy and opportunities for dancers at all levels, students through professionals. As artists and educators, members of the company have worked with students in Charleston County Schools through Engaging Creative Minds and conducted residencies and masterclasses at festivals and colleges, including a collaborative performance residency at College of Charleston during the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. She serves on the City of Charleston’s Commission on the Arts and was recently appointed the chair of the School of the Arts Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee at the College of Charleston. She holds a BA in dance from Goucher College (Maryland) and an MFA from George Mason University (Virginia).