Alison was born in Portalegre (Portugal) but his roots reach further south to Angola. His first touch with dance was through electro dance style from where he continued into battles, hip-hop culture and freestyle. In 2014 he was accepted into Escola Superior de Dança in Lisbon, in 2017 he was selected for an Erasmus exchange program at Fontys school for Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg, where he became a regular student of the Contemporary Urban department and in 2019 obtained his Bachelor diploma.

Right after his graduation Alison performed in ‘We Shall Return’ by Rohiet Tion Poe Gie, a piece that combines hip-hop elements with contemporary dance physicality and has been a springboard for his own development as professional dancer. In addition he has been performing for Holland based company Backbone and in ‘Romeo et Juliette’ opera in Opernhaus Zürich.

He is currently dancing in The100Hands’ ‘Out of the box’ as well as collaborating on some of Jade van den Hout’s new work. Apart from performing Alison is still a part of the hip-hop dance culture, going to dance battles, cyphers and developing his teaching.