About Us
Alleyne Dance was founded in 2014 by sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne. Their aesthetic reflects their diverse background of athleticism and dance training. AD blends West African, Caribbean, Hip Hop, Kathak and Circus Skills within a contemporary dance context. Their movement is face paced and dynamic with infusions of lyrical and fluid motion, with a focus on rhythms and textures.
Kristina and Sadé’s emotional bond and expression shine through in the physicality and fluidity of their movements as they portray stories in an abstract way. Over the past seven years they have built and developed the company, striving for high quality and excellence as they deliver their two main objectives: performance and education work.
Alleyne Dance has received over 20 choreographic commissions. The Company’s productions, A Night’s Game and The Other Side Of Me, have toured nationally and internationally including Canada, Australia, Austria, Germany and part of the Rural Dance Touring Initiative UK. In autumn 2020, Alleyne Dance released a short, interactive dance film, (Re)United. Alleyne Dance is in creation for their new outdoor work, BONDED, commissioned by Without Walls.
Their education work has been delivered in a range of settings around the world including training institutions, youth groups, online platforms, professional companies and dancers. The work is designed to support the individual creative mind, passion, determination, strength and most importantly, their intention and belief in themselves.
Alleyne Dance has a slogan Passion and Sweat; passion will lead you in a sweaty situation. In their practise they study how physicality can create an emotion or character. Alleyne Dance audiences vary from different ages, with them feeling emotionally touched, charged and inspired.
Previous Participation Works
CAT Schemes – DanceEast (London/ Nottingham/ Birmingham/ Manchester/ Leeds)
Dance 4 (Nottingham, UK)
Impulstanz Festival (Vienna, Austria)
Northern School of Contemporary Dance (leeds, UK)
Sanjuta Banerjee Youth Groups (UK)
Aakash Odedra (Leicester, UK)
Aditi Magnolias (Delhi, India/UK)
Bird College (London, UK)
Greenwich Dance Academy GDA (London, UK)
MOVE IT festival (London, UK)
HJS (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Artist 4 Artist (UK)
Dance Nucleus (Singapore)
institut za umetničku igru (Belgrave, Serbia)
Disha Dance (India)
Dance Immersion (Toronto, Canada)
B12 (Berlin, Germany)
SEAD (Salzburg, Austria)
Hot House Dance (Hertfordshire, UK)
Dance Mission (San Francisco, USA)
GLL Sportathon (London, UK)
B40 Youth Group. Academy of Performing Arts (London, UK)
The Place Masterclass’s (London, UK)
Turnstyles Create Arts Academy (London, UK)
Vocab and Friends Dance Company (London, UK)
London Studio Centre’s Saturday Associate Programme (London, UK)
National Youth Dance Company (London, UK)
Nii Tagoe Music Production (Ghana, West Africa/London, UK)
Jeune Ballet Calabash (Lyon, France)
Pro Dance Leeds (UK)at
Runway House (UK)
Gate 8 (Napels, Italy)
Ballet Boyz Dancers Course (UK)
Highgate Primary School (UK)
Danse á La Carte (Montreal, Canada)
Harper Sounds Music and Production (London, UK)
ProDance Leeds Professional Class (London, UK)
The Brits School of Performing Arts and Technology (UK)
GDA Professional Class
Fontys Dance Academy (Tilburg, NL)
CodArts (Rotterdam, Belgium)
Open Dutch Convention (Amsterdam)
Deltebre Dansa (Spain)
The Toronto Dance Community Love-in (Toronto)
Karlovac Dance Festival (Croatia)
Traces Contemporaines (Cahors, France)
AEDaC – Associació pels Estudiants de Dansa Contemporània (Barcelona, Spain)
James Carles (Toulouse, France)
Akropoditi DanceFest (Greece)
Dance Hybrid (Malta)
Studio XXV (Slovenia)