Faculty

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Alexandra Murphy, a New Jersey native, began training in both gymnastics and dance at age 3, with an emphasis in ballet. Growing up, Alexandra studied with The School of American Ballet, The New Jersey School of Ballet, and many notable New York City Ballet alumni. She also continued studying modern dance, jazz, hip-hop and other dance forms as a member of a variety of NY Metro dance schools.

At The Florida State University, Alexandra fell back in love with jazz funk and hip-hop and was introduced to a new love, Miami Bass. She cut her teeth in commercial dance in both Atlanta and Miami, dancing for 6 years total in the NBA with both the Atlanta Hawks and Miami HEAT. 

Alexandra is currently based in Miami and has been touring with Maluma since 2017. She has also worked with artists such as Pitbull, Ozuna, Daddy Yankee, Jason Derulo, Ricky Martín, Romeo Santos, Luis Fonsi, Robin Thicke, CNCO, Don Omar, among many others. Her recent credits include The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, MTV VMAs, Coca Cola, Capital One, NCAA, Zumba, Telemundo, Univision, and more. 

Alexandra enjoys helping aspiring dancers learn from her experience, teaching that anything is possible through passion, hard work, and a positive mindset. 

Having danced since 2009 and taught since 2013, EC has been a part of both the collegiate and street dance scenes all along the East Coast. With a passion for teaching and a love for street dance forms like popping and house, he seeks to inspire and educate people into caring for the culture in real and meaningful ways.
She is currently attending Kennesaw State University to pursue a career in dance and political science. 

Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Jaleah discovered a passion for dance at the age of three and has been moving to the beat ever since! She began competing at the age of nine. Since competing, she has earned several awards on a regional and national level in jazz, hip-hop, lyrical clogging, and tap. Including titles such as Dancer of the year, and The Excellence of Dance Award. Jaleah expanded on her creative arts journey, branching off into pageants. She has since won the titles of Miss Kappa Alpha Psi, and Miss South Eastern Province for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Her talent for pageants, was of course dance! After her reign, she furthered her pageant career choreographing multiple opening number routines and custom dance pieces for other pageants within the community! Jaleah is a former member of Georgia Southern University’s national award-winning dance team, Southern Explosion! Now, dancing professionally Jaleah is currently in her second season with the “ATL dancers” for the Atlanta Hawks. She has performed with famous artist such as Ciara, and Lil Scrappy, New Kids on the Block, and K. Camp! Jaleah continues to share her passion for dance with others by teaching and choreographing! She is committed to providing innovative choreography that challenges and motivates the dancers she works with!  

Len Jackson is a native of Louisiana and a two-time graduate of Grambling State University, a former member of their renowned Orchesis Dance Company, and nationally ranked Varsity Cheerleading Team. He started dancing at the late age of 18 years old and trained extensively under the artistic direction of Dianne Maroney-Grigsby where he gained a strong foundation in the Lester Horton Modern Technique. Len is also a former member of the Louisiana Ballet Dance Theatre/Foundation. 

After moving to Dallas, Texas in 2016 he trained alongside several teams such as the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Dallas Sidekicks, Texas Legends, and Dallas Mavericks Dancers. Choreographing halftimes and quarter-change performances for the Dallas Mavericks Dancers, Dallas Sidekicks, Mesquite Darling Deputies Dance Team, Texas Revs Dance Team, etc. Most excitingly, he performed center court as a featured dancer with the Dallas Mavericks Dancers during their annual Christmas Halftime Special. 

Len recently relocated to Atlanta, GA, and is a member of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders.

Perlizbeth De Leon is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher originally from North Carolina, graduating from Appalachian State University with a degree in Art Education (K-12) B.S., but based out of Atlanta for the last year. She has choreographed for artists local Atlanta artists like Sadie Nicole, Ambra Denise, Zeke Taylor, etc. Along with choreographing for artists, she also creates work for showcases, video concepts, and has recently been accepted to Dance Canvas’s and Atlanta Contemporary’s Summer Choreographic Residency. Her style is a fusion of foundations she has trained in: hip hop, contemporary, jazz, popping, house, and waacking.