Allison Burke

Joffrey Ballet School

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Allison has been dancing since she was two years old, training at various pre-professional competitive dance studios across the DFW area. She earned various performance awards and scholarships, including the opportunity to travel across the USA as a teacher’s assistant at Co. Dance Convention. Allison also assisted choreographer Kim McSwain at Jump Dance Conventions. In 2010, she began her collegiate studies at Chapman University to earn a Bachelors in Dance and Bachelors in Advertising, and a minor in Film Studies. In her four years there, Allison trained under elite dance faculty including Alicia Guy, Leann Alduenda, Larry Rosenberg, Jenny Backhaus, and Holly Johnston. She was chosen to be a traveling student ambassador for Chapman, and this allowed her to train with acclaimed choreographers such as Michael Jackson’s original dancer Eddie Garcia, SYTYCD’s Ade Obayomi, Diavolo’s Chad Michael Hall, and Joffrey Ballet’s Stephanie Powell. Allison was also a member of the undefeated national champion Chapman Dance Team and a lead choreographer of the hip hop group Team Shaka. After graduation in 2014, she moved to Los Angeles and signed with MSA Talent Agency to pursue dance professionally. Allison has booked various jobs including LIVE with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, a GARNIER Commercial, NYC Times Square TruFusion Print Ad Campaign, Soul Clap Fitness DVD, Latin Grammys 2019 with Sebastian Yatra, ARIA New Years Eve Gala, iHEART Radio Party at Light Nightclub, and Cirque du Soleil’s 2018 & 2019 One Night for One Drop at the Michael Jackson ONE Theatre and “O” Theater. She most recently can be seen as an Ensemble Dancer and Artist Coach in Cirque du Soleil’s The Beatles LOVE show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Allison has been nominated by the Silver State Awards for Local Female Entertainer of the Year. She currently teaches at The Joffrey School Las Vegas Program, and is also a full-time fitness instructor for TruFusion.