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While working from a strong jazz base and ballet technique, the essence of contemporary movement in this class is to create versatility in the dancer by fusing genres and finding real forms of expression. Focuses are on finding/breaking alignments, non-traditional floorwork, musicality, performance qualities and strength/dynamics. The class begins with a technically-based warmup and incorporates movement pulled from any number of different styles.

Contemporary Jazz

oth internationally as well as in the U.S., ASHLEY CARTER is passionate about her work as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. Primarily trained in New York, in many different styles from ballet to lyrical, modern, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, musical theatre, she is thrilled to be working again in New York and to be sharing that passion with her students.

She has had the opportunity to perform and/or choreograph at venues such as Jacob's Pillow, Teatro Madrid, The Gerald Lynch Theater, The Barrow Street Theater, SummerStage and Spoke the Hub; she is also on faculty at various schools in Mexico and Spain.