Ashley Lynne King

Ashley Lynne King hails from Bloomington, Indiana and is a versatile artist currently based in New York City. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Music (Piano Performance) and Psychology from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.

Since graduation her passion for music and dance has brought her to the stage in many capacities throughout the Midwest, Northeast, Colorado, Canada, and Europe. Ashley moved to New York City in 2011 and has since pursued teaching, performing, and choreographing for both stage and film. Ashley has showcased her choreography at the Brooklyn Dance Festival, in the New York Jazz Choreography Project, in the Sans Limites Festival, at the Holi Hai Festival on Governor’s Island, and as a finalist in J Chen’s CORE Choreography Competition among other showcases and festivals. Ashley’s works on video have premiered in film festivals in Colorado, Queens, and Brooklyn. Her short film ‘myself’ won the award for ‘Best Dance Short’ from the Astoria Film Festival in 2020, and her short film ‘tides’ was included in a month-long art installation at the Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City. She has appeared on MTV, Good Morning America, and Telemundo, and has performed works by Sheila Barker, Mike Esperanza, Cat Cogliandro, Stacie Webster, J9, Ryan Daniel Beck, and Ashlé Dawson to name a few.

Ashley has been teaching in New York for the past decade and loves helping students of all ages explore the relationships between movement, strength, and musicality. She is fascinated by the impact of the arts on the human experience and aims to create a class that is informative, challenging, and fulfilling. Ashley currently teaches jazz and contemporary for Broadway Dance Center's Children and Teens Program. She is a Certified Personal Trainer and Youth Fitness Specialist through ACE Fitness, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Child Life from Bank Street College of Education. Ashley aims to fuse together her diverse training, experiences, and passion for the arts and movement to create a learning environment in which artists of all ages and levels feel comfortable exploring dance while challenging their minds and bodies.