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.[1] 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][14] and appeared in his version of Swan Lake with all-male swans.[13]
Early life and education edit
Shaw grew up in Nelson Bay, north of Sydney, Australia, and has danced since she was three years old.[1][3] Her three siblings – two sisters and a brother – are also dancers.[2]
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.[13][1][3] A recipient of the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal, she was a semi-finalist at the Genée International Ballet Competition in Athens, Greece.[13] In 2005, at the age of 15, she left Australia to study at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e McGowan, Jane (20 April 2018). "Living the dream". Essential Surrey & SW London. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ a b 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. ProQuest 1845011180. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b c "An interview with Ashley Shaw". Royal Academy of Dance. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Jays, David (15 December 2016). "The Red Shoes review – Matthew Bourne's enthralling dance of obsession". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Craine, Deborah (19 November 2016). "Ashley Shaw: the star in The Red Shoes". The Times. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Norton, Graham (10 December 2016). "Sir Matthew Bourne and Ashley Shaw". BBC Online. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Windship, Lyndsay (8 December 2022). "Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty review – doing the fairytale twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Anson, John (16 March 2016). "REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty - Mayflower". Winchester Today. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty - Mayflower". Winchester Today. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Monahan, Mark (13 June 2022). "Matthew Bourne pulls off his sensual version of 'Carmen' once again". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via EBSCOHost.
- ^ Jennings, Luke (19 July 2015). "The Car Man review – Matthew Bourne's smouldering storytelling". The Observer. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Sulcas, Roslyn (23 July 2015). "Review: Suspense and Charisma in 'The Car Man' in London". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d Barr, Gordon (11 May 2012). "Dancing to our Toon". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom – via ProQuest.
- ^ Winship, Lyndsey (16 December 2021). "Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! review – a pink, chewy fizz of a show". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2023.