Aesha ash biography examples

American ballet dancer and teacher

Aesha Ash (born December 30, 1977) is an American ballet dancer and teacher.

Aesha has been a professional ballet dancer for 13 years.

Aesha has been a professional ballet dancer for 13 years.

Aesha Ash was born in in Rochester, New York.

Aesha was born in Rochester, New York, and started dance at the age of five.

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Aesha Ash served as SAB's Associate Chair of Faculty from to and was named Head of Artistic Health and Wellness in September Ms. Ash resides in.

She danced numerous leading roles as a member of New York City Ballet's corps de ballet and as a soloist with Béjart Ballet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. Following her retirement from performing, she founded The Swan Dreams Project in 2011 to dispel stereotypes about Black women in ballet.

In 2020, she became the first African American female faculty member at the School of American Ballet.

Early life

Ash was born and raised in Rochester, New York.

Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester in a tutu to change stereotypes about women of color and inspire young kids.

She started ballet, tap and jazz at 5 at a local studio. When she was 10, she switched studio to focus on ballet. At age 13, she traveled to New York City to train at School of American Ballet's summer intensive. She attended the course two more years before being accepted as a full-time student.^[1] She won the Mae L.

Wien Awards for Outstanding Promise in 1996.