Alyssa Reid

Alyssa Reid was born and raised in San Diego, California, where she started dance at the age of 3. She trained under the direction of Ben and Lauri Michelle Houk at San Elijo Dance Academy, who previously danced with Pacific Northwest Ballet. Alyssa fell in love with ballet right away but also trained in contemporary and jazz while growing up. She attended the School of American Ballet Young Dancers summer intensive for 4 summers, followed by PNB’s summer intensive on full scholarship during the summers of 2017-2020.

 

Her senior year of high school she was offered ballet scholarships from both BYU and the University of Utah, but during the PNB zoom summer intensive in 2020 she was asked to join their Professional Division Program on full scholarship. Alyssa moved to Seattle in fall of 2020 to dance in this program. During this time she had the opportunity to perform in many ballets with the company and school. She performed Snow, Flowers, Spanish, and Party Parent in Balanchine’s ”The Nutcracker ''. She also performed in Kent Stowell's “Swan Lake” and Bruce Well’s “Beauty and the Beast”.

 

Alyssa danced as a soloist in the premier performance of “The Difference Between“, an original work by Noah Martzall of PNB and finished 2022 in Christopher D’Ariano’s original piece, “Homage”. She joined UMB in the fall of 2022 and since then has been promoted to a Principle artist and had the opportunity to perform in various soloists and principal roles with the company. Some of her favorite roles with the company have been Snow White, Russian Girl, Don Q Pas de deux, and Walt Pas in the Nutcracker. Alyssa is looking forward to the upcoming 2025-2026 season with UMB.