About

Alex Tecza is a certified Alexander Technique teacher (m.AmSAT) and a former elite professional ballroom dancer, winner of over thirty championship titles, most notably World Professional Rising Star American Smooth Championship (2008), World Masters Professional American Smooth Runner-Up (2009), US National Open Professional American Smooth Championship finalist (2009), World Professional Open American Smooth Championship finalist (2009), Dancers Cup Tour Professional Couple of the Year Award (2008 and 2009), North American Same Sex American Smooth and American Rhythm Championship (2019). Alex holds the fellow level of teaching certification in ballroom from US Terpsichore Association. In 2025, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He teaches ballroom classes as an adjunct professor at the UIUC and Illinois Wesleyan University, and maintains a private teaching practice in both ballroom and Alexander Technique in Champaign, IL, and Chicago’s northwest suburbs, as well as online. 

In teaching ballroom dance, Alex believes in providing his students with a strong technical foundation while encouraging every dancer to achieve mastery of their body as a means for personal expression. His approach to teaching is grounded in conveying the basic principles of partnering: clarity and elasticity of physical connection, listening, musicality, and efficiency of movement. 

My adventure with the Alexander Technique began in the early 1990’s, when I took a class offered by the Dance Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I saw the value of this method early on as an essential addition to my dance training. It helped me find better balance, poise, coordination, and efficiency of movement. Over the years it assisted me in rehabilitation of typical dance injuries I sustained as a competitor. It saved my career several times, offering knowledge, wisdom, and ways to find a better use of my body in order to circumvent usual problems dancers (and other athletes) face during their active careers, and offered longevity, thus giving me a chance to stay active and on top of my game long after what is generally considered a “prime”.

Now, as an Alexander Technique teacher myself, I help others achieve ease, freedom of movement, better balance and coordination, and continued enjoyment of active life. Even though my personal story revolves very closely around dance, anybody can benefit greatly from the Alexander Technique. Browse through articles, videos, and other materials on this website to learn more about my research and approach to teaching movement. If you want to book a lesson with me in either Alexander Technique or ballroom dance, see Services for details and pricing.