Alyssa Manguiat, originally from Mason, Ohio, trained at Cincinnati Ballet Academy before joining both the second company and main company. In 2021, she joined Ballet Austin as a company dancer, performing roles such as the Giggle Couple in Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia, Waltz Girl in Balanchine’s Serenade, the Yellow Principal Couple in Jessica Lang’s ZigZag, and a soloist role in Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, as well as works by Amy Seiwert and Jennifer Archibald. She has also performed with The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Performa/Dance Festival in Austin, and NCI 2025, where she appeared in premieres by Glenn Edgerton and Natasha Adorlee.