GUEST ARTIST

Ainsley is a professional ballet and contemporary dancer from Houston, Texas. During her high school years, she trained at Vitacca Dance Project under Kelly Ann Vitacca and Phillip Broomhead, former Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet. She went on to attend prestigious summer intensives including Joffrey Ballet in New York, Princess Grace Academy in Monaco, and English National Ballet School in London. After graduating high school, Ainsley continued her training at Central School of Ballet in the UK, where she earned a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts in 2021.

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She has performed with several UK-based companies, including Ballet Central, The London Ballet Company, Brecon Festival Ballet, and Ballet Cymru (Wales), working with choreographers such as Sir Matthew Bourne, Charlotte Edmonds, and Marcus Jarrell-Willis, a former Alvin Ailey dancer. Since returning to the United States, Ainsley has danced with David Taylor’s Zikr Dance Ensemble, touring throughout Colorado and New Mexico in Soloist roles, and has appeared in productions with Dinner Party Project and, most recently, NobleMotion Dance.