Ashley is a dance artist, educator, choreographer, producer, artistic leader, and somatics practitioner. She holds an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from The Florida State University, and BA in Theatre from Miami University (OH).
Ashley has performed regionally, nationally, and internationally - from Indianapolis to Seoul, from Blue Lake, California to Prague, and from Tampa, FL to Hamilton, Scotland. She has danced for Rosie Herrera, Alex Ketley, Emily Johnson, Yanira Castro, Rodger Belman, Heather Britt, Diane Germaine, and Loren Davidson.
Ashley has set choreography at the Bourdelle Museum in Paris; The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Missouri State University in Springfield, MO; Miami University (OH); Kings Island (theme park in Mason, OH), The American Legacy Theatre in Cincinnati, OH; The School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, OH; Moving Current in Tampa, FL; the Cincinnati Fringe Festival; the Area Choreographer’s Festival 2018 in Cincinnati, OH; the Synergy Dance Series in Cincinnati, OH, and for Gallery 621 in Tallahassee, FL.
Ashley has also provided administrative consultation and development support for non-profit arts organizations around the United States. Some of her administrative partners include The State of Ohio Department of Education, See Chicago Dance, The Cincinnati Ballet, The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville, KY), and Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre (Chicago, IL).
She has presented her research of somatic integration and dance technique at the National Dance Science and Somatic Educators conference, and at the National Touch for Health Conference. She has also presented her research at the National Dance Educators Organization’s special conference on somatic integration. Ashley’s writing has been published in See Chicago Dance.com, the National Dance Educators Organization’s Guest Series, and Dansdocent.nu (the Dutch version of Dance Teacher Magazine).
In the Fall of 2017 Ashley was a Full Time Guest Artist at Missouri State University, and then served as Adjunct Professor of dance at Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, the School for Creative and Performing Arts, Miami University (OH), and Thomas Moore University.
In the Fall of 2020 Ashley was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University (OH), and in 2023 became an Assistant Teaching Professor and the Director of Dance.
She is a left-handed Scorpio.
