Faculty

Ashley Jones

Ashley Jones

Ashley began her formal ballet training at the age of 10 with her mother, Suzann DeLay, and was a founding member of the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble. She has diversified her training and competed in many local and national dance competitions in jazz, tap, lyrical and modern and was recognized with countless regional and national awards. Prior to her senior year she was selected to study at Butler University in their Gifted and Talented Dance Program. Ashley graduated from Carmel High School in 2005 with an academic honors diploma.

Ashley attended the University of Utah as a ballet major, and in her sophomore year she transferred to Indiana University to study in the Contemporary Dance Program. While at IU she danced with The Ben Munisteri Dance Company of New York City, Connie Denapoli from Paul Taylor Dance Company and The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange of Washington D. C. In addition to performing, she was a featured choreography in IU’s “Hammer and Nail 2008”. She has choreographed for the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble and in 2008 it was recognized at the Regional Dance America - MidStates Festival. In the spring of 2008, Ashley was awarded the Jane Fox Dance Scholarship from the Kinesiology Department at Indiana University. Ashley has taught at many local studios, including Indiana University’s Pre-College Dance Program, and was an assistant teacher for the freshman dance major’s modern class. Ashley graduated in 2009 from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Dance Performance.