Allison Costa has been dancing ever since she discovered that twirling through tourists was the most efficient way to navigate New York City’s chaos. At five, she traded sidewalk steps for sautés, and she hasn’t stopped moving since. Raised in the academic jungle of Columbia University’s faculty housing, she absorbed scientific theory at the dinner table while choreographing her own living-room productions. Fast forward to college: she somehow decided double majoring in Dance and Computer Science was the obvious choice — because why limit yourself to one world when you can dance in infinite virtual ones? 

Whether she’s coding choreography or pirouetting through packets of data, you’ll find her pushing the boundaries of dance/tech collaboration in places like Italy, Estonia, or anywhere there’s good Wi-Fi and room to groove. From glitchy improvisations to perfectly timed inversions, her work is an ongoing experiment blending movement with a serious case of nerdy curiosity.

Allison graduated cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University, having performed works by Gabri Christa, Antonia Franceschi, Okwui Okpokwasili, David Dorfman, and Neta Pulvermacher. Professionally, she has collaborated with Burnt Sugar/DANZ, Adrienne Westwood, Nona Hendryx, Francesca Harper Project, Dishman + Co. Choreography, eˉlektron.art, and the Barnard Movement Lab. She was a 2023-24 resident artist at Fabrica Research Center in Treviso, Italy. She is a company member with SHIFT. dance. arts. & media. and Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre. She joined Disagreeable Creatures as an apprentice in 2024.