Kirsten Bloom Allen

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Kirsten Bloom Allen
Kirsten Bloom Allen and Christopher Ruud.jpg
Allen performing with Christopher Ruud in 2017
Born
Kirsten Bloom

Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater Melbourne High School
Occupations
  • Ballet dancer
  • actress
Years active1993–present
OrganizationARC Entertainment Company
Known for
Notable credits
Website kirstenbloomallen.com

Kirsten Bloom Allen is an American ballet dancer, actress and founder for ARC Entertainment Company, who appeared in multiple Sacramento Ballet productions, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1999), Romeo and Juliet (2000), Swan Lake (2001), Dracula (2004), The Taming of the Shrew (2007), and The Nutcracker (2013).

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Personal life

Allen was born in Cleveland, Ohio [1] [2] and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. [3] [4] She began dancing when she was 5 years old. [5] At age 10, her family moved to Florida, [4] living in Tampa [3] and Melbourne. Allen was an intern [6] before she started dancing professionally with the Orlando Ballet when she was 16. [4] She graduated from Melbourne High School [5] and relocated to California when she was 21. Allen moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California in 2009. [4]

Career

In 1987, Allen sang "We Are the World" at an anti-nuclear event at Port Canaveral. [7] In 1993, she starred as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, [5] [8] reprising the role in 2000 for the Sacramento Ballet. [9]

In 2015, Allen portrayed Daisy Buchanan in a production of The Great Gatsby at San Diego State University [10] and worked on the choreographed duet Beyond the Barre: Beer and Ballet influenced by Samson and Delilah in 2016. [11]

In 2019, Allen performed at the Music Box San Diego with Brian Justin Crum for a Valentine's Day event. [12] She started her own production company, ARC Entertainment Company, a cross between ballet, cinema, and rock music. [13] Her company produced original suicide prevention videos for the songs "A Reason to Fight" [14] and "The Sound of Silence" by Disturbed. [13]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Allen lived with two other dancers so they could continue to practice dancing, [15] [16] perform backyard ballets, [17] [18] [19] and host online dance classes through Zoom. [20] During the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022, she supplied a fellow dancer with medical supplies and food overseas to help destitute people. [21] [22]

Sacramento Ballet

Previously with the Southern Ballet Theatre and Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Allen joined the Sacramento Ballet in 1995, starring in many productions. [23] [1] In the late 1990s, Allen portrayed Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, [24] Dulcinea del Toboso in Don Quixote, [25] and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. [26]

In the 2000s, Allen portrayed Lucy Westenra in Dracula , [27] Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, [28] Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir, [29] Odette in a production of Swan Lake, [30] Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, [31] and the titular character in Giselle. [32] In 2007, she wore clothing by Oscar de la Renta as part of a ballet fashion show in Fresno, California. [33] In 2009, Allen left the Sacramento Ballet on maternity leave. [23] [34] She returned in 2013 for a performance as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. [35] [36]

Stage credits

YearTitleRoleLocationNotes
1993 Romeo and Juliet Juliet Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Bay Ballet Theater Production [5] [8] [37]
Coppélia —Tampa Bay Performing Arts CenterBay Ballet Theater Production [38]
1996Con AmoreWife Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [39]
The Rite of Spring ParisianCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [40]
1997 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [24] [41] [2]
1998Fluctuating Hemlines—Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [42]
Don Quixote Dulcinea del Toboso Community Center Theater, Sacramento, CaliforniaShared dancing role with Amy Seiwert [43] [25] [44]
The Nutcracker Sugar Plum Fairy Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [45] [46] [2]
1999 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [47] [26] [48]
Swingtime—Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [49]
Fluctuating Hemlines—Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [50]
Rubies—Community Center Theater, Sacramento, CaliforniaSoloist [50]
2000Romeo and JulietJulietCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, CaliforniaShared dancing role with Tricia Sundbeck [51] [52] [53] [9] [54]
The NutcrackerSugar Plum FairyParadise Performing Arts Center, Paradise, California [55]
Allegro Brillante Principal role [2]
Carmina Burana Principal role [2]
Serenade Waltz girl [2]
Songs of the Auvergne Principal role [2]
Requiem Principal role [2]
Bolero Principal role [2]
2001Espresso—University Theatre, California State University [56]
Rough Draft—University Theatre, California State University [56]
Pas de Deux WomanSacramento, California [57]
Swan Lake Odette / Black SwanCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [30] [58]
2002 The Tempest — Mondavi Center, UC Davis [59]
Western Symphony —Mondavi Center, UC Davis [60]
2003 Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux —Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [61]
Voluntaries—Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [62] [63]
2004 Giselle GiselleCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [32] [64]
Dracula Lucy Westenra Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [27]
2006Beer & Ballet—Sacramento Ballet Building [65]
Scheherazade ScheherazadeCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [66]
2007 Apollo —Majestic Theatre, Shanghai [67]
Etosha—China [68]
SerenadeSoloistCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [69]
Souvenir Florence Foster Jenkins Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles Dance Invitational [29]
The Taming of the Shrew Kate Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [70] [31]
The NutcrackerMother / Sugar Plum FairyCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [71] [72] [73]
2008A Woman's Journey: The Tamsen Donner StoryDancerCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, CaliforniaBy Ruth Whitman [74]
A Streetcar Named DesireBlanche DuBoisCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [75] [76]
The Sleeping Beauty Princess Aurora Community Center Theater, Sacramento, California [28] [77]
2009Capital Choreography Competition— Crest Theatre [23]
Don Quixote Pas de Deux—Mondavi Center, UC DavisPrincipal dancer [78]
Beer & Ballet—Sacramento Ballet StudiosDancer and choreographer [79]
2013The NutcrackerSugar Plum FairyCommunity Center Theater, Sacramento, California [35] [36]
2015 The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan San Diego State University [10]
2016Beyond the Barre: Beer & Ballet—San Diego, CaliforniaInfluenced by Samson and Delilah [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Pas de DeuxJulietShort film featuring Cy Curnin [80]
2021I Wish I Could DanceIsabellaShort film
2022Dr. AntonioLisaShort film [81]
Seeing Other PeopleKey BallerinaShort film
2023Don't Die HardFarrah Fonteyn
TBA A Corpse in Kensington
Fall of Giselle

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