Ashley Shaw (dancer) explained

Education:Elmhurst Ballet School
Years Active:2009–present

Ashley Shaw (born 1990)[1] is an Australian ballet dancer who regularly performs leading roles with Matthew Bourne's New Adventures.[2] [3] [4] She debuted the leading role in Bourne's Cinderella in 2009. In 2016 Matthew Bourne cast her as Vicky Page in his adaptation of The Red Shoes.[5] [6] Shaw played Aurora in Bourne's 2022 Sleeping Beauty staging.[7] [8] [9] She has also danced the parts of femme fatale Lana in The Car Man[10] [11] [12] and Princess Sugar in Bourne's Nutcracker!,[13] and appeared in his version of Swan Lake with all-male swans.

Early life and education

Shaw grew up in Nelson Bay, north of Sydney, Australia, and has danced since she was three years old. Her three siblings – two sisters and a brother – are also dancers.

At the age of 12, Shaw decided to start full-time dance training in ballet, contemporary, and jazz, studying with Marie Walton-Mahon at her dance school in Newcastle, New South Wales.[14] A recipient of the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal, she was a semi-finalist at the Genée International Ballet Competition in Athens, Greece. In 2005, at the age of 15, she left Australia to study at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, England.

Personal life

In September 2022 at Chelsea Town Hall and Hengrave Hall, Shaw married Adam Maskell, a former dancer turned talent.[5] [15] The couple reside in Battersea.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: McGowan . Jane . 20 April 2018 . Living the dream . Essential Surrey & SW London . 9 June 2023.
  2. News: Winship . Lyndsey . 1 December 2016 . If the shoes fit: Ashley Shaw and Cordelia Braithwaite star in Matthew Bourne's re-invention of The Red Shoes but they took very different routes to the spotlight . London Evening Standard . 9 June 2023 . . ProQuest.
  3. Web site: An interview with Ashley Shaw . 9 June 2023 . Royal Academy of Dance.
  4. News: The Red Shoes review – Matthew Bourne's enthralling dance of obsession . Jays . David . 15 December 2016 . 7 June 2023 . The Guardian.
  5. News: Ashley Shaw: the star in The Red Shoes . Craine . Deborah . 19 November 2016 . 7 June 2023 . The Times.
  6. Web site: Sir Matthew Bourne and Ashley Shaw . 10 December 2016 . 7 June 2023 . . Norton . Graham .
  7. News: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty review – doing the fairytale twist . Windship . Lyndsay . 8 December 2022 . 8 June 2023 . The Guardian.
  8. Web site: Anson . John . REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty - Mayflower . Winchester Today . 8 June 2023 . 16 March 2016.
  9. Web site: REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty - Mayflower . Winchester Today . 8 June 2023 . 16 March 2016.
  10. News: Monahan . Mark . 13 June 2022 . Matthew Bourne pulls off his sensual version of 'Carmen' once again . . 9 June 2023 . EBSCOHost.
  11. Web site: Jennings . Luke . The Car Man review – Matthew Bourne's smouldering storytelling . The Observer . 9 June 2023 . 19 July 2015.
  12. Web site: Sulcas . Roslyn . Review: Suspense and Charisma in 'The Car Man' in London . The New York Times . 9 June 2023 . 23 July 2015.
  13. Web site: Winship . Lyndsey . Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! review – a pink, chewy fizz of a show . The Guardian . 9 June 2023 . 16 December 2021.
  14. News: Barr . Gordon . 11 May 2012 . Dancing to our Toon . Evening Chronicle . Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom . ProQuest.
  15. Web site: Our little London wedding. Ashley Shaw. Instagram. 27 September 2022. 27 June 2024.

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