Alexzandra Sarmiento | Actor | Dancer | Choreographer

Alexzandra is a trailblazing performer/choreographer originally from NYC who has a passion for working on new musicals. 

She has recently been nominated for a Jeff Award recognizing excellence in Chicago Theatre for her choreography on 42 Balloons which had its US premiere earlier this year at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, after launching to a successful reception in the UK at the Lowry Theatre and the Vaudeville, West End.  

Alex is also the movement director for Hot Mess which premiered to a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to the Southwark Playhouse in Autumn 2025.  

 She is also currently choreographing Starter For Ten which will be playing Bristol Old Vic and Birmingham Rep later this year. 

Choreography / Movement

Theatre credits as Choreographer include: Scissorhandz (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith), Into The Woods (Mountview), House of Cleopatra (Edinburgh Fringe), The Children’s Inquiry for LUNG Theatre (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Babies (The Other Palace), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), The Red & The Black (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Playhouse, Umeda Arts Theater), How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Southwark Playhouse), Brief Encounter(New Wolsey Theatre & UK Tour), But I’m A Cheerleader (Turbine Theatre).

Commercial work as choreographer/movement director include: “Red Light” music video for Sophie And The Giants, Dan and Phil Terrible Influence World Tour

Workshops include: Toto (Heather Ruck & Kimberley Thomas), Babies (Indigo Productions/Crossroads Live), The Children’s Inquiry (LUNG Theatre) and ICON: The K-Pop Musical (Carter Dixon McGill).

Other creative credits include: Death Note – associate director & choreographer (London Palladium, Lyric Theatre), Then, Now, Next – movement director (Southwark Playhouse), Bonnie & Clyde – associate director & choreographer (Garrick Theatre), Dare You Say Please – director (King’s Head Theatre), We’re Few And Far Between – director (White Bear Theatre & Drayton Arms), Chess in concert – associate director & choreographer (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Fangirls UK workshop – associate choreographer (Sonia Friedman Productions), Legally Blonde – assistant choreographer (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Bonnie & Clyde in concert – assistant director (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), In The Heights – associate choreographer (The King’s Cross Theatre).

Performer

Theatre includes: ZooNation’s Message In a Bottle (Peacock Theatre & International Tour), Hamilton – dance captain (Original West End Company), Living Newspaper (Royal Court), Broadway lab for Drew McOnie’s King Kong, Strictly Ballroom – dance captain (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto), Sally in Broad Shadow (National Theatre), Daisy in the McOnie Company’s Jekyll and Hyde (Old Vic), In The Heights (King’s Cross Theatre), Lambchops in Fame The Musical (25th Anniversary UK Tour), Rufus Norris’ Cabaret (UK Tour), A Chorus Line (London Palladium/USA/Japan).

Film includes: Message In A Bottle the Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (20th Century Fox) and Cinderella (Sony Pictures).

Television includes: Jack Ryan season 4 (Amazon Studios).

Training: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in NYC and the State University of New York Purchase Conservatory of Dance. 2011 USA National YoungArts Foundation Level I Winner in Modern Dance.