Lane Alexander is an internationally recognized rhythm artist and has been a leader in the presentation of tap dance and the renaissance of tap and percussive dance. His performing career spans over 30 years and includes concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Festival Hall in London. With the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Paul Freeman, Alexander is featured in the first recording made in 50 years of Morton Gould's Tap Dance Concerto. He was recently honored to perform four concerts of the Tap Dance Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Chicago Sinfonetta and IMG have commissioned the creation of a new tap dance concerto for Alexander, to be premiered in 2004 during a twenty-city European tour.

The only tap artist ever to receive an Illinois Arts Council Choreography Fellowship, Alexander is founder of Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), which he directs while continuing to perform, teach and choreograph as a solo artist throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. As Artistic Director of CHRP, he co-produced the Emmy nominated, PBS documentary JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance. Recognized in 1999 by the Chicago Tribune as a "Chicagoan of the Year", and recipient of the Chicago Dance Coalition's Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field in 2000, Alexander continues to lead the Project into its second decade.

Alexander has served on the adjunct faculty of Northwestern University and has taught for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, the Gus Giordano Dance Center, Columbia College, Northeastern Illinois University, Stephen's College and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has choreographed dances for companies and soloists throughout the United States and Europe, including Especially Tap Chicago, Tap Unlimited (Zurich), Macadam (Paris), Keane Sense of Rhythm (Minneapolis), Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, and Tappers with Attitude (Washington, D.C.). He also designs tap dance shoes for Leo's Dancewear.

Alexander has served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Dance Coalition, as a grant panelist for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, as an International Tap Association Illinois State Representative and is currently working on the International Tap Association's Tap Interim/Historical Project as a moderator. He has appeared with such greats as Donald O'Connor, Gregory Hines, the Nicholas Brothers, Buster Brown, Prince Spencer, Peg Leg Bates, Jimmy Slyde, Savion Glover and Luke Cresswell. He studied with Laine Johns, Susan Beil Connally, Steve Condos, LaVaughn Robinson, Fred Strickler, William Orlowski, Dianne Walker and Sam Weber.