Baylee McAllister is from Fishers, Indiana where she trained at Dance Creations Academy primarily with Mimi Priest, Melissa McInnis, Sarah Hammer, Beverly Worhle, Lauren Hamilton, and Stephanie Lusch. She graduated with highest distinction from Indiana University and received her B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance and Minor in Arts Management in the Spring of 2024. Baylee has performed in works by DaEun Jung, Elizabeth Shea, Justin Sears-Watson, Stafford C. Berry Jr., Maya Orchin, Stefanie Nelson, and Selene B. Carter during her time at IU. She had the opportunity to work with Phoenix Rising Dance Company performing ‘Culturescape’ by Justin-Sears Watson and Margo Korn at Waterstreet Dance Festival in 2022. Baylee studied dance in Paris, France, working with astounding dance professionals: Wanjiru Kamuyu, Sébastien Thill, Anna Chirescu, Aurélia Lefauchaux, LaMichael Leonard, Clint Lutes, Asha Thomas, Michelle Jacobi, Madison Mainwaring and Michael Foley while also receiving choreographic experience in Berlin with Heidi Weiss, Paris with Nathalie Pubellier and Amsterdam with Maurice Causey. She attended programs with Boston Ballet School, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, SALT Contemporary Dance, and Dance Kaleidoscope. She also had an internship at Dance Kaleidoscope in Indianapolis, IN during the summer of 2023. Baylee is a proud recipient and first place winner of the Molly Parsley Festival of Creativity Award for her choreographic work, ‘Chasing Rabbits’ (2022). She recently performed a work by Elizabeth Shea in NYC at the Mark Morris Theater for the Dumbo Dance Festival hosted by White Wave Dance Company and a piece by Kathryn Robinson at Indy Dance Festival. She is currently living in St. Louis, Missouri where she is a teaching artist at various studios around the city and is a trainee with Saint Louis Dance Theatre.