Alysia Johnson

Alysia Johnson was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She first found dance at Dallas Black Dance Theatre and later went on to graduate from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied ballet, modern, and composition. While getting her BFA at The Juilliard School she performed works by Emily Molnar, Aszure Barton, Crystal Pite, and Kyle Abraham among others. A two-time recipient of Juilliard's Entrepreneurship Grant, she served the Dallas dance community by founding and directing a summer program that caters to young artists in the DFW metroplex since 2015. Alysia is a company member with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and teaching artist in the Chicago area and beyond. In the fall of 2020, Alysia became the Head of Membership at Black Dance Change Makers and was most recently was named a 2021 Princess Grace Dance Honoraria Recipient with her nomination by HSDC.