Rebecca (Becky) Allen is a multidisciplinary artist based in her hometown of New Orleans.  As a dancer, choreographer, and ceramic artist, her work explores the body in relation to materials, landscape and the natural environment.  She approaches performance as a practice of presence, deep listening, and embodied connection.   

She has premiered choreographic works in collaboration with institutions such as New Dialect (a founding member), Intersection New Music Ensemble, the Marigny Opera Ballet, Tulane University Dance Department, the Louisiana School of Math Science and Art, and Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Her solo performance Siddhartha (2023) was presented at the International Dance Festival of New Orleans.  In 2022, she debuted her first solo art show at Staple Goods, featuring Landing, a sculptural installation that explores the concept of the absent body. 

Most recently, she presented The Water that Holds in collaboration with video artist Cristina Molina at Basin Arts as part of their ProjectSpace Residency (2025). Her work with Molina is also currently on display at Other Plans gallery in New Orleans (2025) and was featured last fall at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (2024). In addition to this ongoing collaboration, her work as a movement artist has been exhibited at the Parlour Gallery in New Orleans through projects with visual artists such as Ryn Wilson and Sara Madandar.

With over two decades of experience as a dance educator, Becky has taught at institutions such as Vanderbilt University, New Dialect, and Tulane University, as well as various dance and performing arts studios in Nashville and New Orleans.  She served as an assistant professor of dance at Northwestern State University of Louisiana (2022-2023) and is currently an adjunct professor of dance at Tulane University.  

Becky earned her MFA in Interdisciplinary Dance Performance from Tulane University in 2021. She currently maintains RA|Studio where she creates her own line of functional pottery and sculptural ceramics.