Ashley Stettes is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Minor in Fine Arts Entrepreneurship. Aside from dancing with Ballet 314, Ashley is also an Adjunct Professor of Dance at Missouri Baptist University and the Assistant Director at Devine Performing Arts where she also serves as the Artistic Director of their Danse Arts Company.

 

She has formerly danced professionally with both Leverage Dance Theater and Common Thread Contemporary Ballet. During her time at SEMO, Ashley had the opportunity to study and perform a variety of styles including ballet, modern, jazz, pointe, contemporary, tap, and aerial. She also had the opportunity to be cast by and work with several guest choreographers including Brenna Monroe-Cook from the Limon Company, Cesar Salinas from Giordano Dance Chicago, Jeremy Plummer and Taylor Mitchell.

 

Aside from being a performer, Ashley has had her choreography presented in both main stage and second stage shows at SEMO. She was hand selected by the faculty to set a piece on a group of incoming freshmen her junior year and set a piece on some students at the university's first ever summer dance intensive. Most recently Ashley has been hired to present work with Dayspring Arts and Education choreographing selections from Paquita for their summer program (2022), creating a brand new ballet work Tempȇte de Neige for their winter show (winter 2023), and choreographing Coppelia for their summer program (2023).

 

Ashley loves being able to share her love for dance with so many throughout the St. Louis region!