Born and raised in New York, Dexandro Montalvo is a San Francisco based director, choreographer, dancer, and dance educator. A professional dancer with Robert Moses’ Kin (RMK) and various other companies for over six seasons, his choreographic commissions include works for RMK, Liss Fain Dance Company, LINES Ballet’s Training and Summer Programs, The Black Eyed Peas, DanceWorks Chicago, MINI (USA), Mini Amp Live, SF Ballet School, Concept o4, Dance Mission’s Dance Brigade, Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Center, Cardinal Ballet, University of SF Dance Ensemble, Marin School of the Arts, & the ODC Dance Jam. Dexandro and his choreography have appeared on the MTV, BET, Telemundo, and Fox networks. He is a past Artistic Director of the Dance Theatre of San Francisco (in his tenure DTSF won two of the four Isadora Duncan award nominations including “Outstanding Choreography” for his ballet, “Pent”). Additionally, he was awarded a 2019 Saint Louis Inner Circle Award for “Such Sweet Thunder”, won an Izzie Award for his choreography in “Art Behind Bars” in 2014, and was nominated for another with “Impluse” in 2015 (RMK commission).
As a dance educator, Dexandro currently teaches at SF Ballet, USF, Dominican University of California (LINES Ballet BFA Program), LINES Ballet Training Program, and ODC Dance Commons. Dexandro also serves as Assistant Director and Rehearsal Master of ODC’s pre-professional teen company. He has also taught at many other schools including Stanford University, SUNY Purchase College, and Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Center. Dexandro holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase College.
Learn more at DexandroMontalvo.com
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | BFA Program at Dominican, Dance Center, Discovery Project, Summer Program, Training Program