Allison Holker is an American dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality. She is best known for her appearance in the second season of the television dance competition series So You Think You Can Dance and was one of the all-stars in seasons 7-11 and 14.
Wiki/Biography
Allison Holker was born on Saturday, February 6, 1988, in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States (34 years old as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Aquarius. She spent her childhood in Minnesota skating every winter on a homemade rink her father built in her backyard. She recalled her childhood in an interview and said:
I learned to skate when I was very young. I even took some figure skating lessons. I used to play hockey in the backyard with my brothers. “
After moving to Utah at age 9, Holker discovered dance and skating was put on the back burner. There she became a student of the Orem Dance Club and began her dance training. At the age of 11, she studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip-hop. She later toured with dance convention New York Dance Alliance. She attended Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah. In 2004, she won the dance championship in the first national dance competition “Co DANCE”. At 16, she won a national championship with the New York City Dance Alliance, after which they hired her as an assistant.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: blonde
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): 30-28-32
family
Parents and siblings
Allison Holker’s father’s name is David Holker and her mother’s name is Nikki Olsen Holker. Her brother’s name is Dave Holker. Her sister Jessica Holker is also a dancer.
From left to right, Nikki Holker, David Holker, Alison’s grandmother Alison Holker and Wesley Rayna Fowler
From left to right: Dave Holker, Jessica Holker and Allison Holker
husband and children
Allison Holker married Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss on December 11, 2013 at Nigel Lythgoe’s Villa San Juliette Vineyard and Winery in Paso Robles, California. Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss is an American freestyle hip-hop dancer, choreographer, actor, television producer and television personality, popular for the television shows So You Think You Can Dance and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Alison and Stephen have two children, a daughter, Zaia Boss (born in 2019) and a son, Maddox Laurel Boss (born in 2016) . Allison Holker adopted a daughter named Weslie Renae Fowler (born 2008). On December 13, 2022, Stephen Boss committed suicide in a Los Angeles hotel room.
Stephen Boss and Alison Holker wedding photos
Stephen Boss with wife Allison Holker and children
Relationships/Affairs
Stephen Boss and Alison Holker dated for three years. The couple first met at a party at the end of the 2010 season of So You Think You Can Dance. He proposed to her while they were filming a dance shoot for a Microsoft commercial.
Profession
She performed at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics with the American band Earth, Wind & Fire. She has trained in various dance styles. She has trained with dancers such as Travis Wall, Mia Michaels, Tess Diorio, Kenny Ortega, and Louis Van Amstel, among many others. She has been involved in choreography since she was a teenager. She said in an interview,
I have been teaching at dance conferences since I was 18 years old. That’s where I got a lot of my training because I went to a lot of dance conventions growing up. That’s how I met Mia Michaels or Brian Friedman or Tess. They gave me a lot of opportunities, which will help me a lot in the future. “
She played a cheerleader in the American music television film High School Musical (2006) and its sequel (2007).
Alison Holker (circled in red) as a cheerleader in High School Musical (2007)
Later, she appeared in various commercials. She placed in the top eight on So You Think You Can Dance season 2; she also danced on the season’s national tour.
Allison Holker and Ade Chike Torbert on So You Think You Can Dance Season 2
She was part of a revolution in off-Broadway theater production, a tap dance show. Her work includes promotional videos for SYTYCD, dance segments on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and segments on Dancing with the Stars. She then performed in Ballroom with a Twist, choreographed by Dutch-American ballroom dancing champion Louis van Amstel. She also appeared on American Idol’s Clay Aiken’s PBS special “Tried and True” (2010). She appeared in Christina Perri’s music video “Jar of Hearts” (2010). Around September or October 2011, Holker served as one of the backup dancers for American singer Demi Lovato. She appears in the Ovation network’s A Chance to Dance series. As a choreographer, she collaborated in 2012 with Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje. She worked as a backup dancer on the American “X Factor” with Brian Friedman. On April 30, 2013, she and her husband tWitch collaborated on the song “Crystalize” on “Dancing with the Stars”, sung live by Lindsey Stirling. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for “Hearts and Stars” with Derek Hough (2013).
Alison Holker (far left) and other nominated choreographers with Emmy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris
She appeared on seasons 19, 20, 21 and 23 of the ABC television show Dancing with the Stars. In season 19, she was paired with Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett, but they were eliminated in week 6, finishing in ninth place.
Holker talks Dancing with the Stars with Jonathan Bennett
In Season 20, she teamed up with R5 singer and actor Riker Lynch; they made it to the finals and finished in second place.
Allison Holker and Riker Lynch on Dancing with the Stars Season 20
In 2015, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award. She had a recurring role on the sports TV series Hit the Floor. In 2017, Allison and tWitch began hosting Disney’s Fairytale Weddings, a documentary television series about couples and their Disney-themed weddings that airs on the Disney Freeform network and the Disney+ streaming service.
Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Allison Holker Officiate Disney Fairytale Wedding
She co-founded CLI Studios, an online platform offering dance classes from renowned choreographers. Later, tWitch and Holker started the YouTube channel OFFICIAL BOSS FAM and the Instagram account bossfamilyworkout, which featured their dance classes.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Dance Company National Senior Performer of the Year (2004)
- New York City Dance Alliance National Senior Excellence in Dance (2005)
- National Senior Dancer of the Year (2007)
- Industry Dance Awards New Media Influencer Award (2022)
Alison Holker poses with the New Media Influencer Award at the Industrial Dance Awards (2022)
Facts/Trivia
- She is not a vegetarian.
Alison Holker’s Story Highlights Reveal She’s Not Vegan
- At the age of 11, she decided to pursue a career in dance while watching her older sister, Jessica Holker, who was also a dancer. At the time, Jessica joined Mia Michael’s dance group “Mia Michaels Raw.” Alison watched the band rehearse before they traveled overseas. It was then that she was struck by the strong and powerful body of the female dancer.
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