The “multi-talented Alex MacDonald” (The New York Times) is a NYC-based tap dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and songwriter, whose work has taken him across North America, Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. He is the original tap soloist for the popular vintage band, Postmodern Jukebox, as well as the passionate hype-man for the Grammy award winning kindie band, Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets.
As a Fulbright scholar, he received his M.A. in Ethnochoreology from the University of Limerick in Ireland. In 2016, his talk, Oral Tradition in the Age of Smart Phones was selected for the TEDxFulbright Dublin conference. A patient and intuitive teacher, he is currently on faculty at Montclair State University, Steps on Broadway, Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, and Edge School of the Arts (ESOTA).
An accomplished singer-songwriter and guitarist, his subtle blend of folk and jazz reflects his eclectic musical influences. To date, he has released three full-length, independent albums - Footprints (2011), Seasons and Shadows (2015), and Travel’s the Cure (2021).
He holds a B.A. in Musical Theater with a dance minor from SUNY Geneseo (‘08) and is an alumnus of the School at Jacob’s Pillow. He is grateful to have studied under and performed the work of such tap luminaries as Dianne Walker, Sam Weber, Andrew Nemr, Derick Grant, Dormeshia, Jason Samuels Smith, and Michelle Dorrance.
*Photograph by Bill Wadman
“Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”
