ABOUT
Ashley Veldhuyzen was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, and began dancing at age 3. From a young age she began competing in major dance competitions as a soloist as well as with different elite companies. She was given many opportunities to work with choreographers such as Miss Lay Zimmer, Andrew Hubbard, Mike Minery and Michele Assaf. By the time she graduated high school she had won many top awards and titles across the country and had already built an impressive resume.
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After high school she went on to spend a year training in ballroom and latin dancing, studying under the late Igor Iskhakov. She then joined the group Re-Creation as the dance captain performing over 350 shows across America. In 2006 she flew out to Los Angeles to begin training and working with Stiletto Entertainment working as a dancer and then company manager for the production shows on Holland America Line Ships. Over her four years working for Stiletto she traveled to over 80 countries getting a unique chance to perform while at the same time experiencing art and culture from around the world.
Photo by Marije Slingerland Photography
Over the last decade, Ashley has also worked extensively in schools using dance for learning and creative outlets for students. She spent 2 years working with refugees from different countries, using dance as a tool to enhance their learning and confidence of the Dutch language. She has also helped in the creation and development in the interactive production Game On which performs all over Rotterdam in schools for group 5 & 6 students.
Ashley has dedicated her life to bringing productions alive on stage and inspiring young talent. She has developed many different workshops to enhance learning in schools for different ages. Because of her vast knowledge of different styles of dance and her extensive work in different aspects of entertainment, she is also available for designing productions, commercial work, TV productions, festivals and dinner shows. Take a look at her educational and choreography pages for more information.
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If you’d like to book Ashley for a project or workshop please visit the contact page to get in touch.
For more information and a detailed resume please click here.
In 2011 Ashley moved to Rotterdam, The Netherlands with her husband and has been involved in many different projects and schools. She is the Dance Coordinator for the Nationaal Jeugd Musical Theater school in Amsterdam and has choreographed the school's last 5 national tours. She has also directed and choreographed Musical 2 Fight Cancer Dance Edition for the last 5 years. The show has raised over €50,000 for cancer research. She has worked with the SKVR for over 10 years teaching dance in schools around Rotterdam, also working to create and teach educative workshops with Conny Jassen Danst, Scapino and The Rotterdam Philharmonic Symphony. In 2016 she assisted with the choreography for Q-Music's Foute Party, helping stage work for artists Fred van Leer, Gerard Joling and the Q- Music DJ's as well as dancing in the show herself. ​
Ashley’s passion for choreography & teaching began when she took over as lead choreographer in 1998 for the teen group Forever who toured around the USA working in the inner cities as well as prisons helping reach troubled youth. From there it took off and she continually worked on developing her own unique style through her years performing. She was able to train as a teacher under some of the top dance instructors in the Midwest. Getting the chance to train under so many different choreographers and styles has given her the ability to be flexible and create a wide range of performances. She’s staged many different types of work from video shoots, festivals, backup dancing for artists, big performances of kids, parades, intimate dinner theaters, competition pieces and themed shows with audiences of 10 people to 20,000. She loves to explore different spaces and styles and looks forward to continuing her work always developing fresh new ideas.
"Game On" production
Video clips from performances
Edited and produced by ASHLEY VELDHUYZEN