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Ashley Marcum (Artistic Director)

 

   Ashley began dance at the age of 12. The first studio was Janet Carleton's School of Dance. (Janet was a former Cincinnati Ballet Mistress.) After realizing this was her passion she  joined Cincinnati (Ballet) Otto M. Budig Academy. For six years she studied dance under these two studios with Janet Carleton, Patrick Notaro, Daniel Simmons, Nancy Fountain, and many others. She danced many performances at Music Hall and Arnoff with Cincinnati Ballet. Her studies also included summer long intensives where she trained for 5-8 hours a day. Her love for dancing kept growing. In the summer of 2002 trained with Ballet Magnificat under Kathy Thibodeaux (founder of Ballet Magnificat), Jiri Voborsky, John Vandervelde, Sol Nazario.
 
  Classical Ballet, Pointe, and partnering are the core of Ashleys training, but some of the other kinds of dancing she has studied:  classical variations, modern, contemporary, jazz, flamingo, tap, yoga, Pilates, improvisation and interpretation. Between 2005-2010 she performanced  with Miami Valley Ballet Theatre and several dance projects/performances with Demetrius Kline. 

Dance Teaching: Ashley began teaching dance in Oxford in 2003, took ownership in 2007 with Angela Brooks. In January 2014 she became a sole owner of Flowing Grace School of Dance.
  She has also taught short programs for gymnastic teams, plays, summer programs, VBS and Home school Coop's.

   It has overall been a wonderful journey developing skills and becoming an Artistic Director. Over the last 20 years as an Artistic Director Ashley has choreographed over 800 dances in about 50 full productions working with 1000s of dancers of all ages.
 

Goals: Molding  dancers into their ability and expression while helping them gain confidence through encouraging corrections. Helping them to push for new goals. Passing on the ability to express and create through movement what sometimes our hearts pen up inside. Challenging dancers to be DETERMINED and Tenacious, not giving up on themselves, as working hard has deep rewards; not just in dancing but for many aspects of life. Ashley greatly enjoys walking with her dancers in part of their journeys. It brings great Joy to see the dancers grow. Flowing Grace School of Dance is delighted to be dancing with you and/or your children. Thank you for being apart of this adventure and blessing!

Ashley's time aside from the studio is spent with her family of 6 children (3 daughters and 3 son). She lives on a little farm/homestead greatly enjoying outdoors, soaking up sunshine, and exploring nature with her children. She is an artist of many forms including being a musician (singing, piano and drums), painting, drawing, photography, wood crafting, and artistic design in home renovation. 

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