Contemporary Jazz

Advanced Intermediate Level
Mondays, 2:30-4pm

Intermediate Level
Saturdays, 4-5:30pm

Bio

Ashley is passionate about her work as a dancer, teacher and choreographer both internationally as well as in the U.S. Primarily trained in New York, she has studied and worked in many different styles from ballet to lyrical, modern, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, and musical theatre. She has had the opportunity to perform and/or choreograph at venues such as Jacob's Pillow, Teatro Madrid, The Gerald Lynch Theater, The Barrow Street Theater, SummerStage, Spoke the Hub, Webster Hall and the Ailey Theatre. Ashley is also on faculty at various schools in Mexico and Spain; and has taught at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, and Ballet Arts in New York City, Lines Dance Center in San Francisco, and Round Rock Repertory in Texas. She can be seen working alongside artists such as Ricky Martin and Mila Kunis, for companies like Pilobolus, Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions, [the] movement initiative and Balasole, and for brands such as Nike, Ursus Vodka, Microsoft, and Lush Cosmetics. In 2008 she was invited to Madrid to teach at the Association of Dance Professionals and choreograph for Spanish recording artist Nuria Elosegui. Last year she performed in Sia's music video, in Central Park Summerstage, in a Boost Mobile commercial, and is credited with choreographing independent feature film "Tom and Valkyrie". She has just finished touring with the European show "Compradores de Sueños", premiering with the Legendary Dance Project at the Museo del Barrio and finishing her third season of New York City's Summerstage. Last summer Ashley danced in an upcoming movie with Justin Timberlake and she also choreographed and produced a full-length show for her company DoubleTake Dance. Additionally, this season she can be seen dancing on the Rachel Ray show, choreographing for a breast cancer benefit and the latest commercial for Fuse TV, and travelling to the West Coast and Europe to teach contemporary workshops.