Alessandra Herszkowicz is a native Brazilian and holds a BFA degree in Dance from the University of Iowa. For two years, she was a member of the university's touring ensemble, Dancers in Company, featured as a solit in works by Basil Thompson, Armando Duarte and Charlotte Adams. Ms. Herszkowicz was also a member of Charlotte Adams and Dancers, with whom she had the opportunity to perform in Arizona, Nebraska, Washington DC, and at the Joyce Soho in New York. This past summer Alessandra was featured as a guest artist in the newly formed dance company Duarte Dance Works, directed by Armando Duarte. This is Ms. Herszkowicz' second season with Sandra Organ Dance Company.