First established in 2016 and based at the Morris, ¡Explorar! integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math (STEAM) to motivate and inspire young learners from the ACLAMO’s STEAM educational program. Nelly’s vibrant leadership, dedication to the ACLAMO community, and her passion for the natural world made her an ideal partner in establishing one of the Morris’s signature youth outreach programs, ¡Explorar! A Summer Bridge Program. ACLAMO is a nonprofit community service organization that provides educational programs, social services, and access to health and wellness programs to Latinos and other community members. As part of the Company’s 50 th tour in October of 2019, she traveled to New York City’s City Center to perform in Mark Morris’ The Letter V.This year we are delighted to honor Nelly Jimenez-Arevalo, Executive Director and CEO of ACLAMO. Springer has danced in several tours including Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake in Dubai, UAE and Minneapolis, MN (2018) Stanton Welch’s Velocity in Bonn and in Ludwigshafen, Germany (2017) and Stanton Welch’s world premiere of Just and Sons de L’âme and Trey McIntyre’s In Dreams at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, MA (2018). Springer has also performed works by George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Sir David Bintley, Ronald Hynd, Jiří Kylián, Trey McIntyre, and Twyla Tharp. Springer has danced in the following Stanton Welch works: Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aphrodite in Sylvia*, Princess of Russia and Princess of Spain in Swan Lake, Princess de Lomballe in Marie, Zulma in Giselle among many others. She has performed the following feature roles: William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated Anita in Jerome Robbin’s Westside Story Suite James Kudelka’s Passion* Princess Louise in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling Trey McIntyre’s In Dreams and The Lilac Fairy, Fairy Beauty, Fairy Generosity, The White Cat and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson’s The Sleeping Beauty. She rose through the ranks from corps de ballet member in 2013 to demi soloist in 2017. She joined Houston Ballet II midyear and was offered an apprenticeship with the company shortly after. Springer performed as a Snowflake with the company in Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker. In her first year as a Houston Ballet Academy student, Ms. Springer attended the prestigious Stiefel and Stars program, where she danced alongside numerous international ballet stars and worked with renowned choreographers. Springer continued her training with John Gardner and Amanda McKerrow of American Ballet Theatre, as well as California Conservatory of Dance and Anaheim Ballet. Alyssa Springer began training at Ballet Pacifica, where she performed as Clara in Brian Reeder’s The Nutcracker under the direction of Ethan Stiefel.
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