ALEX SANCHEZ is a native Chicagoan.  He danced with Ballet Chicago for four seasons.  On Broadway Mr. Sanchez was in the original companies of The Red Shoes, Carousel, (Lincoln Center Revival), Big, the Musical, Fosse, Follies (Roundabout Revival), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chia Rivera, the Dancer’s Life.  Other Broadway credits include: Love! Valor! Compassion!, Once Upon a Mattress and Wonderful Town. As a choreographer, Mr. Sanchez was chosen for the prestigious SDC sponsored 2010 Dance Break.  He presented two pieces for this event, Something Better, and A Fractured Fairytale.  As a teacher Mr. Sanchez was on staff with the New Jersey Ballet School, Oakland School for the Arts and Dance Theater Arts.  He has guest taught all over the country as well as the Care Wave Workshop in Tokyo and Mid Pac Institute, Hawaii.  Mr. Sanchez is married to the renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher, Lainie Sakakura, and they have two beautiful daughters, Avelina and Isabela.