Photo: Kate Enright

Name: Ashley Thorndike-Youssef

City: Washington, DC

 

Teaching artist statement:

I teach to know. Creatively, personally, politically, I’m interested in the interplay—the space between us. What do we need to embrace, discover, dissect, or destruct? I teach teens; I teach executives; I teach peers; I teach college students. With each population, I seek to share the knowledge practices that I've explored in the dance studio and help students and clients fully embody this life. 

 

Income statement: 

For the last 5 years, my income has been 100% teaching (Pilates and dance). Recently, it has become closer to 50% administrative salary (which includes curriculum development and supervising teachers) and 50% teaching. 

Bio: 

Ashley Thorndike-Youssef, PhD is the executive director and founder of Now Next Dance, a dance and leadership nonprofit organization. Now Next Dance cultivates creativity, leadership, and wellness in and through contemporary dance by offering programs for professional dance artists, college dancers, adolescents, and corporations. For dancers, NND offers summer workshops and a teacher training program. For youth, NND offers summer and after-school programs. For institutions, NND offers ongoing wellness programming and creativity workshops. To read Ashley's full artist profile, click here.

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