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Joshua Allen: Remembering his most iconic performances
Reliving Joshua Allen's greatest works following tragic death
Joshua Allen, the winner of So You Think You Can Dance season 4, tragically passed away on September 30, 2025.
As per the reports he was struck by a train, and afterwards declared dead at a Fort Worth, Texas, hospital. His family has requested the privacy and prayers during this hard period.
Rise to fame
Allen was born on March 13, 1989, in Fort Worth, Texas, and he first gained the headlines in 2008 when he won SYTYCD at the young age of 18 beating the second winner Stephen "tWitch" Boss.
Through his natural untrained talent, stage presence, and style, Allen shocked audiences with his talent, won the prize of 250,000, and started a dance-career which would include touring, film and TV appearances.
Standout routines
Among the most memorable moments in the performance of Allen, one will find his high energy hip-hop routines featuring his strong footwork and charisma and his emotional contemporary duets featuring unexpected vulnerability.
His skill of combining different styles of dancing, that is, a mix of street style combined with ballet and modern techniques, enabled him to both reach the judges and the audience.
Screen and on stage moves
Allen then ventured into film and television after SYTYCD. He has also appeared in Step up 3D (2010), and in the remake of Footloose (2011) among other roles on series such as community and American horror story. He was never wanting in energy or authenticity in his performances in dance scenes.
Legacy and lasting impact
It was not only his wins that will be remembered by Joshua Allen. Friends and fellow dancers praised him as being authentic, natural, and being able to give his full self into dancing. His last social media activity was a paid tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner in July and was marked as Fly high King.
It is said by most of the dance community that he still has an influence today, the happiness he caused, the things he broke, and performances that always leave one with goosebumps.