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Lexi

Skinner

Lexi Skinner is from Atlanta, Georgia, and pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Performance and Choreography through the Dance Division at Texas State University. Lexi began training in dance at age three and soon after auditioned & became a company member at the Renaissance International School of Performing Arts (RISPA), in which she trained in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Voice, and Musical Theatre for 13 years. By age 11, she had performed in two professional shows, “Annie” and “The King and I” at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta through the Theatre of the Stars foundation, as well as “CATS'' and “The Leader of the Pack” at The Cumming Playhouse. In local theatre, Lexi performed in “Dear Edwina”, “Seussical”, “Shrek”, “CATS”, and “In The Heights'' at the Louchiey Theatre in Alpharetta. Shortly after performing at the Fox, Lexi performed with RISPA’s hip-hop company on NBC for the 11 Alive news. Following that appearance, she was cast in the Project Christmas show at Alpharetta First Baptist church. Lexi has also been given the amazing opportunity to perform in halftime shows for the Atlanta Hawks basketball game and has also trained under various broadway stars including: Billy Porter, Tituss Burgess, Quentin Earl Darrington, Alex Newell, and many others through the Broadway Dreams Foundation. After performing with BDF, Lexi was able to take a Master class with Ron De Jesus from The University of Michigan who was able to coach her through the college audition process, and inspired her to eventually start teaching drop-in and master classes on her own. 

These opportunities have allowed her to increase her passion & drive for dance as well as educate many young aspiring performers. She has attended various competitions and conventions with her studio where she took classes under Al Blackstone, Misha Gabriel, Nika Kljun, Erica Marr, and Kirsten Russell. In addition to serving as co-captain of her high school’s Varsity Dance Team, Lexi maintained the role of a dance mentor at her studio and was also company captain in her Jazz, Musical Theatre, Tap, & Lyrical companies throughout her years of training. 

In recent years, Lexi has pursued extra work in various T.V. series’ such as: "Legacies" as a cheerleader, "Kim of Queens", "Queen Fur” & was also cast in a dance commercial for Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church. She also had the opportunity to take part in a professional flash mob and assist in awarding a major scholarship. After her freshman year of college, Lexi became an instructor at Wimberley Dance Elite where she taught ChoreoTech, Jazz, Acro, and Contemporary dance styles, as well as numerous private lessons throughout the week. Lexi then joined Merge Dance Company her junior year at Texas State, where she was able to learn and explore movement under various choreographers from all over the world and even create pieces & movement with her peers. Since returning to RISPA as a teacher, Lexi has choreographed numerous high-score award routines competing at regional as well as national competitions. By pursuing her passion for choreographing, she is able to guide young artists to develop their own passions for the performing arts.