Allison Burke's Portrait

Allison Burke

Artist-in-Residence

Department(s)
Dance

Biography

Originally from Dallas, TX, Allison has been dancing since she was two years old, training at various pre-professional competitive dance studios across the Dallas Fort Worth area. In 2010, she began her collegiate studies at Chapman University to earn a bachelor’s degree in dance/choreography and bachelor’s degree in advertising, with a minor in film studies. After graduation in 2014, she moved to Los Angeles and signed with MSA Talent Agency and since, Allison has booked various jobs including dancer for Jennifer Lopez at Global Citizen, LIVE with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Blindspotting on STARZ, GARNIER National Commercial, NYC Times Square TruFusion Print Ad Campaign, Latin Grammys with Sebastian Yatra, RISE by Franco Dragone, and Cirque du Soleil’s 2018 & 2019 One Night for One Drop at the Michael Jackson ONE Theatre and “O” Theater.

Allison has worked as an assistant to Nappytabs in Under the Boardwalk movie by Paramount and for the Donnie Osmond Las Vegas show. She was a dancer and artist coach in Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE in Las Vegas from 2015-2020 and is currently a Warrior in Cirque’s Michael Jackson ONE directed by Jamie King. While performing, she maintained her collegiate studies by completing a master’s degree in business administration from LSUS. Allison has been nominated by the Silver State Awards for Local Female Entertainer of the Year for multiple years. She currently choreographs and teaches for Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, The Joffrey School, Millennium Dance Complex LV, and Theater Arts Preparatory School, Choreographer’s Carnival, and Lindenwood University.