Alexander Mc Gowan was born in Austin, Texas, USA. He received his ballet education at different ballet schools: at the school of the Ballet Austin (2000 until 2006), at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (2006 until 2009), the Orlando Ballet School (2009 until 2010) and at the John Cranko Schule Stuttgart, where he graduated in 2010. During his time at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Laszlo Berdo created La Rue on Alexander Mc Gowan.
He successfully participated in several competitions. At the Youth American Grand Prix in Jahr 2010 he received scholarships for the John Cranko Schule, the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo as well as for the ballet school of the National Ballet of Canada. At the World Ballet Competition the same year he won the bronze medal.
In the season 2012/13 Alexander Mc Gowan became an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet, one season later he was taken into the Corps de ballet. In 2016 he was promoted to Demi Soloist.
He has created a choreography for the Noverre Society’s Young Choreographers: In for the Thrill permiered in July 2014.
REPERTOIRE
Leading Roles and Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet - A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier): Kiefaber
- Bolero (Maurice Béjart): The Rhythm
- Brouillards (John Cranko): Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq., La puerto del vino
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Basilio, Camacho, Cervantes, Don Quijote, Gypsy Prince
- Jeu de Cartes (John Cranko): Suite of hearts
- Kammerballett (Hans van Manen)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi): Lobosch, Merten
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck): District administrator
- Lucid Dream (Marco Goecke)
- On Velvet (Marco Goecke)
- Pineapple Poll (John Cranko): Captain Belaye
- Poème de l´Extase (John Cranko): Vision
- Romeo and Juliet( John Cranko): Carnival king, Paris
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Sirs (Bridget Breiner)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko): Prince Siegfried
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): Capitano Adoncino
- The Second Detail (William Forsythe)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée): Prince of the West, Companion of the Fairy
- The Soldier’s Tale (Demis Volpi): Soldier
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan): Solo role
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Hortensio, Pas de six, Priest
- workwithinwork (William Forsythe)
Specially created Roles- Dancer in the Dark (Marco Goecke/Louis Stiens)
- High (Louis Stiens)
- La Rue (Laszlo Berdo)
- Lucid Dream (Marco Goecke)
- Or Noir (Fabio Adorisio)
- Salome (Demis Volpi): Heron’s slave
- The Soldier’s Tale (Demis Volpi)
- Under the Surface (Roman Novitzky)
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers- Are you as big as me? (Roman Novitzky)
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier)
- Arena (Glen Tetley)
- Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
- Concerto for Flute and Harp (John Cranko)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra)
- Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart)
- Giselle (after Coralli, Perrot, Petipa)
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi)
- La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck)
- No Men’s Land (Edward Clug)
- Onegin (John Cranko)
- Othello (John Neumeier)
- Part of: Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
- Poème de l´Extase (John Cranko)
- Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko)
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée)
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan)
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
OWN CHOREOGRAPHIES
- In for the Thrill World premiere at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers on July 17th, 2014, Stuttgart Ballet
- My Name Xander World premiere at Noverre.Society: Young Choreographers in 2015, Stuttgart Ballet