Allen Fields is a native of North Carolina. Fields began his dance training at age of
thirteen and formally began his classical ballet training after winning the prestigious Sanford
Scholarship Award to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. A film of him at
this time is held in the Library of Congress Archives. He then continued his training on
scholarship at American Ballet Theater School and Ballet Arts Carnegie Hall. Fields went on to
dance with the powerhouse company of the 80-90's Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Ohio Ballet,
Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Du Nord, France, dancing the works of Balanchine, DeMille, Tudor,
Lubovitch, Ashton, Limon and many others. Fields took his first Directorship building Minnesota
Ballet into a national and international touring company under his 15 year tenure.

Fields created many of his own choreographies and original commissions. His two Nutcracker
productions toured the Midwest and Canada for 27 consecutive years generating millions in
revenue for Minnesota Ballet and the combined presenters. Fields has worked in many of the
elements of theater from Artistic Director/Producer /Executive Director. Fields has consulted
Ballets, Theaters, and Capital Campaigns. Fields has sat on the Minnesota State Arts Board
Panels and Foundation Boards. Fields taught Dance History, Dance Composition, Theater
History and Ballet classes for the University of Minnesota and was a resident guest artist for
Saint Mary's University and was the guest artistic Director for the Valencia Arts Center. Fields
created Fields Ballet NYC, a non-profit designed to generate scholarships for young dancers
and an annual production of Generational Mix in 2016. In 2010 Fields traveled to China with
Broadway Asia as the Dance Casting Director working with Tony winning director John Rando.
Fields first two projects for The Verdon Fosse Legacy®, The Global Fosse® Festival and The
Summer Professional Training Program were extremely successful. Fields was the Director of
Creative Development for the Verdon Fosse Legacy and worked closely with Nicole Fosse® to
achieve the Legacy goals of securing a greater future for the most exciting American Jazz
Dance form and the theatrical legends of Bob Fosse® and Gwen Verdon.