kirsten standridge - rehearsal director (since 2018)

Originally from Lakeland, Florida, Kirsten Standridge’s training began at the age of six at a local studio called Highlands School for Dance under the instruction of Hayley Amis Stewart. On top of taking classes at the studio, she had also been accepted to dance at a local arts High School named Harrison School for The Arts where she had the opportunity to learn from Susan Olsen, Gloria Haigler, and Shelley Bourgeois. After graduating from Harrison, she was accepted to the dance program at The University of South Florida. While attending USF, she had been given the privilege to perform in the works of many professors and guest choreographers such as Bliss Kholmyer, Paula Nunez, Michael Foley, Yaniv Abraham with Batcheva dance company, and Alonzo King with Lines Ballet. She went on to begin her professional career with Collective Soles Dance Company in Tampa and is now a company member with projectALCHEMY working with founder/artistic director Alex Jones. Kirsten is excited to have the opportunity to continue working with Alex and looks forward to continuing her training with the company.

heidi brewer (since 2018)

Heidi Brewer, born + raised in the Pacific Northwest and a University of Washington alum, has worked as a dance artist in Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles and St. Petersburg since 2001. Her own work has been shown in LA, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, Florida. She founded the LAYERS platform in LA to produce 3 workshops between 2017-2018 and teaches dance classes in St. Pete as well as for the Sarasota Ballet. She is a Certified Pilates teacher through the Kane School & kinected in NYC, where she also works as the Communications Director. Heidi is a Pilates Instructor & Kane School teacher trainer at Body Center St. Pete, running the certification program there since 2021. She is working with choreographer Jeanine Durning on a piece with Clare Croft, Pamela Pietro, Andee Scott and Mary Williford-Shade, and performs regularly with projectALCHEMY in St. Petersburg. She and her husband Will are proud cat parents to Penny. 

evan smith (since 2021)

Born and raised in Florida, Evan has been dancing his whole life. Being an old competition member of Leonard's Academy of Dance, he is able to apply what he's learned as a competition member to being a studio and competition instructor. Graduating from Howard W. Blake, Evan went on to study at the University of South Florida as a Dance major. As well as being an alumni of The Chocolate Nutcracker, Evan is also a member of the United Nations of Dance Musical Performance Troupe. Evan is now a dancing with projectALCHEMY under the direction of Alexander Jones.

talia demps (since 2022)

Talia Demps, originally from Davenport, Florida, began her dance training in 6th grade at Davenport School of the Arts. She continued her training through high school, attending The Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in Lakeland, Florida. In spring of 2022, Talia graduated from the Univeristy of South Florida, earning a BFA in Dance Performance. While attending USF Talia represented its dance program at the American College Dance Association, as a performer in a Michael Foley work. She also had the opportunity to perform in various guest choreographer works including Charles Anderson, Eric Wagner, Joshua Peugh, and Alex Jones; as well as the privilege of performing a solo work choreographed by the late Talley Beatty, under the direction of John Parks. She has made several of her own works exploring movement through the medium of film. Talia is excited to be working with Alex Jones again and is grateful for the opportunity to begin her professional career as a member of projectALCHEMY.

sam kedziora (since 2024)

Sam Kedziora trained in competitive dance in her youth, which led to her pursuing a BFA in Modern Dance studies and a minor in psychology from the University of South Florida. Throughout her dance career, she has trained in styles such as ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, Gaga, Pom, heels, and more. After graduating in 2022, she spent the summer studying dance in Paris, Berlin, and Northern Israel. She then moved to Chicago to perform and train with Solarium Dance Company and Trifecta Dance Collective. She began her yoga certification and was able to take advantage of learning various styles from various teachers in the Windy City. Sam is currently back in Tampa Bay where she is dancing with projectALCHEMY along with other companies and artists in the area, and is enthused to continue to exploring and growing in her artistry.