Ashley began her ballet training at Johansen Olympia Dance Center in Olympia, Washington. She moved to Seattle at age 14 to continue her training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School (PNB). From 2015-2017 she studied in the Professional Division at PNB where she performed with the Company in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker in role Snow, Flowers, and Hot Chocolate, as well as roles in PNB School showcases including the Principal Woman in George Balanchine’s Valse Fantaisie, Marzipan Lead in Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Excerpt, the Waltz of the Hours Soloist in Balanchine’s Coppelia Excerpt, Cygnet in Swan Lake Excerpt, George Balanchine’s Serenade Excerpts, and Christopher Wheeldon’s Scenes De Ballet. She has attended summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet School, PNB, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, BalletMet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. 

Since joining Ballet Idaho, Ashley has performed the principal role in George Balanchine’s Divertimento No.15, featured roles in Lar Lubovitch’s Concerto Six Twenty-Two and Something About Night, a soloist role in Christopher Stowell’s Eyes on You, Sugar Plum and Dew Drop in Peter Anastos’s The Nutcracker, George Balanchine’s Agon, Allegro Brillante, and Serenade, Winter Soloist, Stepsister in Edwaard Liang’s Cinderella, Penny Saunders’s So To Speak and The Lady in the Red Hat, Craig Davidson’s Ghost(Light), Danielle Rowe’s Dreamland, James Kudelka’s Man in Black, Pas de Trois, Neapolitan, Swan Leader in Garrett Anderson and Anne Mueller’s Swan Lake, and Ricardo Amarante’s Carmen, among other works.

Ashley performs as a summer company member with ARC Dance Company in Seattle. Ashley’s Principal Guest Artist appearances include Sugar Plum in The Nutcracker, Odette in Swan Lake, and Swanhilda in Coppelia. 

As a choreographer, Ashley has created new works for Ballet Idaho’s Company, Trainee Division, Youth Company, and Academy as well as students of Olympia Dance Center and Dance Boise. Her choreographed works include Inamorata Pas de Deux (2024) Phone Tag (2023), Concerto 360 (2022), Six Figures (2021), Transparent Notes (2021), Meadowlark Waltz (2021), and The Known Ecliptic (2020). 

This is Ashley’s eighth season with Ballet Idaho.