Advanced Beginner Contemporary with Ashe *In-Person*

Contemporary dance teaches students how to connect musicality and technique. Artistry and individuality will be highlighted as a through-line in each class; students will learn how to express emotions through contemporary dance and music. Each class will start with floor work, warm-up, and across-the-floor combinations and end with choreography that may carry over multiple weeks. Combining improvisation, ballet, modern, and lyrical techniques will give the students a well-rounded understanding of contemporary dance. Instructor: Ashe Turner

Sections

Instructor

Ashe Turner is a recent graduate from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts as a dance major. Their studies included ballet, improvisation, modern, hip-hop, jazz, composition, contemporary ballet variations, modern partnering, yoga, and ballet partnering. They also studied with guest and resident choreographers at the Boston Conservatory. Ashe discovered their love for ballet very young. They trained at Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts, the New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, the New Jersey Ballet, and Alvin Ailey. They also performed numerous times in NYC at organizations such as New York Live Arts, Dancespace, and Harlem Stage. Ashe further studied nationally at various summer programs, including American Ballet Theatre, Alonso King’s LINES Ballet, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Manhattan Youth Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Earl Mosley Institute for the Arts, and Florida Dance Theatre.