Ashley Taylor Cook
Address: 23 Cottage Dr., Farmingville, NY, 11738
Email: atcook65@gmail.com
Phone: (631) 609-0836
EXPERIENCE
Ballet des Amériques: Carole Alexis, Artistic Director
Ballet Quad Cities: Courtney Lyon, Artistic Director
Lake Erie Ballet: Althea Bodine, Artistic Director
Mercyhurt Ballet Theatre: Tauna Hunter & Michael Gleason, Artistic Directors
The Mercyhurst Dancers: Tauna Hunter, Dept Chair and Associate Professor
REPERTOIRE
Classical & Neo-Classical
La Fille Mal Gardée (Lise), Paquita (Lead Soloist), The Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Dew Drop), Cinderella (Spring Fairy),
La Bayadére (Soloist), Dracula, Carmen, Raymonda, Les Sylphides, Don Quixote, Dance of the Hours,
Symphonie Italiene
Contemporary Choreography by Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson, Leslie Browne, Deanna Carter,
Carter Alexander, Althea Bodine, Sarah Elizabeth Grace, Claire Hinde, Christina Maria, C. Noelle Partusch, Solveig Santillano, Tess Sinke, Anastasia Welsh
TRAINING
Mercyhurst University Dance Department, The School at Steps, Seiskaya Ballet,
Starlite School of Dance
Ballet: Tauna Hunter, Micheal Gleason, Leslie Browne, Ethan Brown, Valia Seiskaya, Christine Hay, Noelle Partusch, Lesley Scalise, Lisa Lockwood, Lonne Moretton
Modern: Mark Santillano, Solveig Santillano
Jazz: Mark Santillano, Nathaniel Johnson, Jodi Vaccaro
MASTER CLASSES/WORKSHOPS/SUMMER INTENSIVES
American Ballet Theatre, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Princeton Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, The School at Steps, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Peridance, Joffrey Ballet School
Ballet: Carter Alexander, Mary Barton, Melissa Allen Bowman, Maria Caruso, Thom Clower, Samantha Dunster, Alaine Haubert, Jae Man Joo, Ted Kivitt, Jon Lehrer, Kate Lydon, Meredith Lyons, Douglas Martin, Brian McSween, Kyra Nichols, Peter O'Brien, Lise de Ribere, Davis Robertson, Mary Pat Robertson, Ronald Tice
Contemporary: Julie Bour, Brian Chung, Igal Perry, Matthew Prescott, Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson
Modern: Monica Bill Barnes, Bill Evans, Randy James, Andrea Miller, Diego Salterini, Jin Xing
Jazz: Candice Franklin, Lisa Harvie, Joanna Numata, Debbie Roshe, Trevor Sones
Tap: Savion Glover
RELATED EXPERIENCE
B. A. in Dance and Biology (Summa Cum Laude), Academic and Dance Merit Scholarships, Dean’s List, Nu Delta Alpha Honor Society (President), Leadership Team, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
REFERENCES
available upon request
Ashley Taylor Cook