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1st Season with Ballet Arkansas

Allen is from Fort Wayne, Indiana where he started dancing at the age of nine. Allen graduated from the Auer Academy of Fort Wayne Ballet under the direction of Karen Gibbons-Brown and Eleonora Pokhitinova Hartung. Allen was the only student in the school's history to receive consecutive most improved dancer scholarships. During his schooling, Allen attended summer intensives at San Francisco Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet Austin, and others. He went on to become a trainee with Fort Wayne Ballet for one season performing roles such as "Quincy Morris" in Tracy Tritz's Dracula, "Spanish Lead" in The Nutcracker, and "Hungarian Lead" in Swan Lake. In 2023, Allen joined Milwaukee Ballet II under the direction of Mireille Favarel, Davit Hovhannisyan, and artistic director Michael Pink. During his tenure there, Allen had the privilege of working with choreographers such as Timothy O'Donnell, Nelly van Bommel, and Lorenzo Di Loreto. He also performed in Mireille Favarel's staging of Paquita, Michael Pink's Dracula as "Impresario", and the world premier of Pink's The Nutcracker: Drosselmeyer's Imaginarium. Allen then spent a season as a soloist with Ballet Theater of Maryland under the direction of Nicole Kelsh. Here, he performed roles such as "Pas De Trios" in Bourneville's Napoli, "Merliton" in Dianna Cuatto's The Nutcracker and "Spanish Lead" in Swan Lake. Allen is currently studying for his bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana University. This is his first season with Ballet Arkansas.

Sponsored by Dr. Julie Robinson