Choreographic Work
Young Choreographers' Showcase
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Cortex
Cortex, 2016
Music: "Brim" by Olafur Arnalds
Lighting Design: Trevor Harris
Costumes: Lauren Carmen
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Dancers: Maggie Depp, Lauren Martinez, Bailey Evans, Brittany Bonefas, Megan Doyle
With Cortex, Ashley had the opportunity to apply for and was rewarded the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant. The grant money rewarded was used to collaborate with costume designer, Lauren Carmen, and purchase materials needed to create costumes. The powerpoint below was Ashley's presentation made at the University of Oklahoma's Honor's College Undergraduate Research Day explaining her choreographic and creative process for Cortex.
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"With the generous support of the Office of the Vice President of Research, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. Dozens of research projects are funded each year so that undergraduates may undertake ambitious and exciting research endeavors... At the conclusion of their work, UROP recipients present the results of their research or accounts of their work in progress at the Honors College’s Undergraduate Research Day."
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-Honors College, Undergraduate Research Website
Photography by Noor Eemaan
We Move Lightly
Young Choreographers' Showcase
We Move Lightly, 2017
Music: "Hypnose" by Sebastien Tellier
"We Move Lightly" by Dustin O'Halloran
Lighting Design: Olivia DeLuca
Dancers: Kessa Lovelady, Micah Bullard, Caroline Young, Hannah Dillenbeck, Julie Russel, Gianna Hagnell
Photography by Noor Eemaan
Five Frames
Festival of the Arts
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Five Frames: A Contemporary Ballet Exploring Theories of Causation, 2017
Music: Max Richter, Robbins Island Music Group, Ludovico Einaudi Ensemble, Goldmund, Thylacine, and Ciaran McMeeken
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Dancers: Lauren Martinez, Alma Cienski, Amber Bailey, Bethany Raley, Bridget Polei, Caroline Young, Elena Damiani, Hannah Dillenbeck, Joseph Van Harn, Julie Russel, Kieran King, Korinnes Manjarres, Mia Koshansky, Micah Bullard
*A special thank you to the Arts Council of Oklahoma City non-profit organization for the invitation to perform at the Festival of the Arts in Oklahoma City.*
Photography by Noor Eemaan
Other...​
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2018-This is Love, Miller Marley School of Dance and Voice Competition Team
2016-Nova Mati, Miller Marley School of Dance and Voice Youth Ballet Company
2016-Rods and Cones, Miller Marley School of Dance and Voice Competition Team​
-recital routines at Blue Valley Parks and Recreation, Dynamic Dance, Davenport Junior Theatre Dance Program
-ballet choregraphy and composition course at The University of Oklahoma School of Dance
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