Jennifer Alexander, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jennifer Alexander

ballerina

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1972

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2007

Profession: ballet dancer

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Jennifer Alexander

  • Jennifer Carrie Alexander (August 15, 1972 – December 2, 2007) was a Canadian ballet dancer. Alexander was born in Calgary, Alberta.
  • She studied at the Alberta Ballet Company and at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, where she danced from 1991 to 1993.
  • She appeared in the Broadway production of The Red Shoes in 1993 and in Carousel in 1994.
  • In 1994, she joined the corps de ballet of the American Ballet Theatre.
  • Her first marriage was to Canadian and former New York City Ballet dancer Andrew Robertson.
  • She married fellow ABT dancer Julio Bragado-Young on 28 July 2007. Alexander, Bragado-Young and a third dancer were returning to Manhattan after Bragado-Young had performed in The Nutcracker in Williamsport, Pennsylvania when they came upon a multiple-vehicle collision on Route 3, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
  • After they exited their car, Bragado-Young then Alexander were each struck by an out-of-control vehicle skidding on the icy road.
  • He broke his leg; she died at the scene. The American Ballet Theater created The Jennifer Alexander Scholarship to acknowledge an outstanding corps de ballet dancer.

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