Alyssa Braud is a modern and contemporary choreographer and dancer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has dedicated her life to two careers, teaching students with visual impairments, and freelance dancing. In addition to this, Alyssa is a 200 hour RYT certified yoga instructor and has taught vinyasa and gentle yoga classes since 2021.

 

Throughout her career, she has danced and choreographed with companies like Of Moving Colors in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tennessee Ballet Theater in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble in Sarasota, Florida, that aim to bring people’s life stories to the stage and community. Alyssa had the pleasure of performing in the streets of Sant’Agata, Italy through the Staib Dance summer intensive in 2019. Throughout her time in Sarasota, she has been chosen to present a solo work accompanied by live music during Project Alchemy’s Momentum Choreographic
Showcase, and has danced for the Wonder Symposium at the Ringling Museum of Art.

 

Recently, Alyssa had the opportunity to create her first evening length contemporary dance work, Untethered Breath. This work began in 2024 as a part of MicroWIP at the Historic Asolo Theater. The completed work was presented at Sarasota Contemporary Dance's in studio series in 2024. It premiered for a second time at the 2025 Fringe Festival in Sarasota with Squeaky Wheel Theatre. An excerpt of Untethered Breath was chosen to be presented in Beaumont, Texas with Aimed Dance Summerfest in July 2025. Throughout each of Alyssa's choreographic pieces, the breath and flow of energy help connect the audience to their own emotions and experiences. Alyssa is the director of Saoirse Movement, meaning Freedom Movement, to find the freedom, beauty, and breath with everyday movement through dance.