Molly Allen trained at San Francisco Ballet School from 2019–2025, where she studied under esteemed faculty including Karen Gabay, Larissa Ponomarenko, Viktor Plotnikov, Grace Holmes and Patrick Armand. During her time at SFB, she performed in San Francisco Ballet company productions such as Helgi Tomasson’s Swan Lake and The Nutcracker and Balanchine’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

She has attended summer programs at American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and Bayer Ballet. Molly was named a National Training Scholar with ABT and received the Bender Scholarship. 

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, some of Molly’s earliest training began at New Ballet and she made her professional debut with a San Francisco-based contemporary company at age eight. 

She is thrilled to be joining Philadelphia Ballet II for the 2025/26 season.