Kristina Alleyne

Kristina Alleyne began her career as a professional athlete in London before training in dance at the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. She completed a postgraduate diploma with Verve Dance Company and later undertook Roehampton’s Foundation Course in Dance Movement Psychotherapy, which continues to inform her creative and collaborative practice.

Kristina has performed internationally with companies including Akram Khan Company, Ultima Vez, and Arthur Pita, and has worked as Movement Associate for Marvel Studios. In 2014, she co-founded Alleyne Dance with her twin sister Sadé, creating award-winning stage and film works, while also choreographing for companies such as Martha Graham Dance Company, Phoenix Dance Theatre, and Tiroler Landestheater.

Alongside her performance and choreographic work, Kristina leads workshops and mentorship programmes worldwide, working inclusively across community, educational, and professional contexts.

Kristina and her identical twin sister Sadé formed the internationally acclaimed company Alleyne Dance in 2014. Alleyne Dance (AD) is a UK-based company with an international reach. The company has a distinctive style which draws on their powerful relationship as sisters, their joint athletic experiences, and their diverse experiences in dance training. On the international circuit, the company is presenting stage productions A Night’s Game and The Other Side of Me, and outdoor work BONDED. Alleyne Dance’s short interactive film, (Re)United has won multiple awards including Best Short Dance Film at the National Dance Awards 2021 (UK), and has been selected for numerous international film festivals. 

In 2023, Alleyne Dance were winners of Black Female Icons of Lewisham with Brockley Max and The Mayor of London, and the Company also received the award for Best Independent Company at the National Dance Awards. The sisters also jointly won 2020 Best Female Dancer of the Year, awarded by Kritikerumfrage-Jahrbuch 2020 (Critic Survey – Yearbook 2020).  

Alleyne Dance has worked on high profile commissions for the renowned Martha Graham Company (USA), Phoenix Dance Theatre (UK), and the Mayor of London’s London Borough of Culture 2022 in Lewisham. Other notable commissions include the 2019 Bench commission with 2Faced Dance Company.  

Learning and development is an essential part of the Company’s mission, and Kristina and Sadé have built a strong reputation delivering training classes and workshops in a range of settings around the world for community groups, youth groups, vocational institutions, professional companies, and dance festivals. Alongside this, Alleyne Dance have recently launched their bespoke Mentorship scheme, and have also developed the Alleyne Sisters Workout programme.   

Images Left to Right: Jane Hobson; Barlas Sahinoglu; Ellie Kurttz