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Kevan Allen
Kevan Allen is a Director, Choreographer and Creative Director, known for his extensive choreographic work and many appearances on television shows, as well as his film, theatre and commercial work.

Early work
Allen trained at Arts Educational Schools in London. He made his choreographic debut at the age of 17 with the conception & creation of Beauxartz, the first independent dance company to feature in ECT, a ten-week television series for Channel 4.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Allen performed as a dancer with numerous major recording artists, including Kylie Minogue, Olivia Newton-John, Banarama, Frida (ABBA) and Duran Duran, both live in concert and in music videos.

Television choreography
Allen has been lead choreographer on numerous reality television series, often appearing on screen as well as providing choreography. Allen was featured choreographer and dance coach on Popstars, the first UK reality TV programmes to cover the formation of a music act. Allen led choreography for the winning group Hear’Say, who went to break a number of music industry records, with their debut single Pure and Simple being certified double-platinum. He went on to be featured choreographer on the Russian version of the show, filmed in Moscow.

In the following years, Allen went on to work on many more high profile shows including America’s Got Talent, Strictly Dance Fever, So You Think You can Dance and The Graham Norton Show. Allen worked closely with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber to find an actor to play the role of Joseph in Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat in TV series Any Dream Will Do, followed by a search for Dorothy in the TV Series Over the Rainbow. In both programmes he played an active role in the selection process, providing critical analysis and commentary as well as choreography. He also worked on the search for a Nancy and an Oliver in I’d Do Anything with producer Cameron Mackintosh for his revival of Oliver.

Theatre work
Allen has worked extensively in theatre – as choreographer and also director. In 2012 he choreographed the UK and Australian arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar that opened at the O2. The cast included Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm and comedy star Tim Minchin and the show was described as “an urban, energetic, colourful and intricately-choreographed production.”  Allen directed and choreographed “Some Enchanted Evening”, a musical celebration of the hits of Broadway Legend Richard Rodgers, which ran for three nights at Cadogan Hall in 2016 and was performed by Lesley Garrett, Ruthie Henshall, Michael Xavier, Gary Wilmot and Richard Balcome with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and ArtsEd Ensemble. His work also includes Imagine This at the Union Theatre in London in 2017 for which his choreography was described as “first rate” and “striking and emotive”, The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company), Chess in Concert at The Royal Albert Hall, Debbie Does Dallas at The Edinburgh Festival for which he received praise for his “slick dance routines” , The Wonderful World of Captain Beaky (Royal Albert Hall), Titanic, Sondheim Tonight (Barbican), the pantomimes Aladdin and Robin Hood at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, where his choreography for the latter was described as having “verve and considerable panache”, What a Feeling, which he directed and choreographed and starred Luke Goss, Sinitta and Sonya,Urinetown, My One & Only and The Royal Variety Show, amongst others.

Commercial work
Allen has choreographed many commercials for companies including Nike, Sony, Samsung, P&G, Toyota, Levi Straussand Walt Disney. He has also directed numerous large-scale live special events and galas around the world, including the Rugby World Cup, the Wella International TrendVision Awards and Goldwell Global Zoom, a global artistic event run by Goldwell and KMS. Allen has served as Creative Director for the latter seven times in seven different countries. The 2017 Goldwell event took place in Barcelona over three days, with 97 national finalists from 38 countries around the world competing to win a place on the Goldwell Color Zoom Creative Team in front of an audience of 3,500. In 1994, Allen was chosen by Hugo Bossto be their feature choreographer and face for their global ad campaign “Men at Work” which appeared extensively in print media.

In 2018, Allen directed and choreographed the European film premiere of Mary Poppins Returns at the Royal Albert Hall. He has also directed and choreographed film premieres for The Polar Express, Finding Nemo and Burlesque amongst others.

KVN Dance Company
In 2017 Allen established the KVN Dance Company, following a workshop in Los Angeles, with the retelling of the classical ballet Coppelia as the first production.

Dance Style
Allen’s work crosses all genres of dance. His work has been described as “dynamic”, “simple but beautiful” , and “thrilling”.

Allen currently lives in London and works between Los Angeles and London.