Maud Allan (born Beulah Maud Durrant on 27 August 1873 in Toronto, Canada, and died 7 October 1956 in Los Angeles, USA) was a dancer who, from 1903, performed her own free style of movement to visualise music. She was most closely associated with the Vision of Salomé which she first performed for an invited audience in Vienna in December 1906. In September 1907 Allan was invited to perform it for Edward VII at Marienbad which led to her being booked for the Palace Theatre, London. Initially engaged for two weeks from 6 March 1908 she was continuously on the bill until 23 October, when she sprained her ankle. During her career she created some 55 dances or suites of dances and continued to perform until 1934. Her later roles included the Abbess in Max Reinhardt's The Miracle in 1932.