Allison Holker
Allison Holker is a dancer, choreographer, TV host and author who shares her love of movement through performances, online classes and family conversations.
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Known for
- So You Think You Can Dance2006 breakout · All-Star and 2024 judge
FOX - Dancing with the Stars2014–2016 · Professional dancer
ABC - Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings2017–2020 · Co-host with Stephen “tWitch” Boss
Disney - Harper SelectThis Far2025 · Memoir
- Keep Dancing Through2024 · Picture book co-author
Disney Hyperion - Podcast NationBetween Us with Allison and Weslie2025 · Podcast co-host
Overview
- Work
- Dancer, choreographer, television host, author and podcast co-host
- Grew up
- Orem, Utah
- Breakout
- So You Think You Can Dance, season 2 (2006)
- Teaching
- CLI Studios co-founder and contemporary dance instructor
Mini bio
How it started.
Allison grew up in Orem, Utah, and trained at The Dance Club. Before her television breakout, she performed in the 2002 Utah Olympics ceremonies and danced in High School Musical. In 2006, she competed on season two of So You Think You Can Dance.
From contestant to mentor.
She returned to So You Think You Can Dance as an All-Star in season seven and later joined Dancing with the Stars as a professional. Her 2015 partnership with Riker Lynch finished second. Away from television, she co-founded CLI Studios, where fans can study contemporary dance with her.
Beyond the dance floor.
Allison and Stephen “tWitch” Boss co-hosted Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings. She also hosted HGTV’s Design Star: Next Gen. In 2024 she returned to So You Think You Can Dance as a judge alongside JoJo Siwa and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Stories to share.
Her books include the family picture book Keep Dancing Through, co-written with Stephen, its follow-up The Fresh Beat, and the memoir This Far. In 2025, she and her daughter Weslie co-hosted Between Us, bringing their conversations about family, growing up and grief to listeners.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television
- 2025Dancing with SharksJudge
- 2024So You Think You Can Dance, season 18Judge
- 2021Design Star: Next GenHost
- 2017–2020Disney’s Fairy Tale WeddingsCo-host
- 2014–2016Dancing with the StarsProfessional dancer
- 2006So You Think You Can Dance, season 2Contestant
Books and podcasts
- 2025The Fresh Beat: A Boss Family GrooveAuthor
- 2025Between Us with Allison and WeslieCo-host
- 2025This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the LightAuthor and audiobook narrator
- 2024Keep Dancing Through: A Boss Family GrooveCo-author with Stephen “tWitch” Boss
Awards
Quotes
I really hope I can be an advocate and a voice to people that feel alone or left behind.Allison Holker, Harper Select memoir announcement quoting PEOPLE
She shared this hope while announcing This Far in September 2024.
Trivia
- She performed in both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Utah Olympics.
- She met Stephen “tWitch” Boss when she returned to So You Think You Can Dance as a season-seven All-Star.
- She narrates the audiobook edition of This Far herself.
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