Alex Schooling is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and studied at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She then earned a BFA in Dance Performance, with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies, from Butler University, where she studied choreography under Susan McGuire. Afterward, Alex freelanced in Portland, Oregon, collaborating with Push/Fold and working on dance films with The Holding Project. She was an original member of PDX Contemporary Ballet and was commissioned by the company in 2015.

In 2016, Alex joined Oklahoma City Ballet, performing a diverse repertoire by choreographers such as Alexander Ekman, Twyla Tharp, and Jessica Lang. She has contributed to the creation of original works by artists like Rena Butler, Nicolo Fonte, Dayoung Jung, Larry Keigwin and Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye. Alex’s choreography has been featured in several showcases, including Oklahoma City Ballet’s Future Voices and CURE8, presented by Race Dance Collective. She has been commissioned by Central Oklahoma Ballet Theatre since 2022 to create original works for their summer season. Alex has been a finalist at the Red Rock Dance Festival and Palm Desert Choreography Festival. In 2025, Alex was nominated as a Kirkpatrick Foundation Emerging Artist Fellow. She loves collaboration and spending her days experimenting in the studio. Alex is awed by the process of artistic creation and endlessly inspired by the clouds.