Alessandra Greco has Spanish Dance in her blood - literally. Daughter of the world-famous Spanish dancers José Greco and Nila Amparo, she began life following her parents as they danced their way across Europe. She inherited their art the way the Gypsies do, by watching and imitating, rather than by academic training. Hers is an authentic art, with roots firmly planted in tradition, and ripened through her world-wide professional dancing experiences among some of the greatest Spanish dancers of her time.

Ms. Greco began her professional dancing career in 1967 at the age of 12, when she joined her father's company. Her last performance was given at the Joyce Theater in New York in 1990. In between, she appeared on the stage and on television, made guest appearances with symphony orchestras, and participated in lecture-demonstrations. She performed across the United States, in Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, the Philippines and the Far East, winning critical acclaim.  

Alessandra also assisted with the opening and running of her father's Spanish Arts Academy in the south of Spain (Marbella). She was responsible for group as well as private classes, and teaching children to develop self-confidence through imaginative therapeutic dance sessions, and both music and dance appreciation. Ms. Greco currently teaches Spanish dance and Latin dance fitness classes at A Common Ground Community Center in Danbury, CT.

In addition to what critics have called her pureness of style, magnetic personality and stage presence, as well as her ideal teaching qualifications, Alessandra also draws on her Classical Ballet training at the High School for Performing Arts and Thalia Mara's National Academy of Ballet & Theatre Arts, and thorough studies in the dramatic arts with Edward Moor and Bill Esper, both from the Neighborhood Playhouse (NY).

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