Ashley Marinelli

Ashley Marinelli is an IRNE Award winning, Broadway World Award Winning, KCCTF Award Winning and Helen Hayes Nominated choreographer, director and performer. She is a proud graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria.

As a performer, Ashley splits her time between the concert, commercial and musical theater worlds. Favorite performances include music videos for Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey, concerts with Ne-Yo, Lady Sovereign, Shakira, Shangela and events for X-Box, Wii, Rite Aid, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, The American Heart Association, Bose Headphones, Ray-Ban, and Cirque du Soleil. Choreographic collaborations include work with Susan Marshall, Jill Johnson, William Forsythe, Andrea Miller, Sidra Bell and Andy Blankenbuehler. Favorite musicals include An American in Paris, Newsies, Shrek, West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Grease, A Funny Thing...Forum, and White Christmas. She has taught at Broadway Dance Center, Peridance Capezio Center and for dance competitions/conventions all over the country.

Selected choreographic credits include Stranger Sings: The Parody Musical (Off Broadway, Winner of Broadway World’s “Best Off-Broadway Choreography Award”, Drama Desk Nominee), Techies (World Premiere, Winner of Kennedy Center CTF’s “Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Choreography” Award), A Musical About Star Wars (Las Vegas), The True and Unquestionable Account of Dr. Joseph Snodgrass (World Premiere, NYC), Mystic Pizza (Engeman Theater), Seussical (Miller Theater, PA), Dorothy Parker: The Musical (Off-Broadway), Once Uponzi Time (World Premiere, McCarter Theater), All Underdogs Go to Heaven (Director and Choreographer of this feature film with Brooke Shields), The Singularity Play (NYC Premiere) and American Psycho (Little Theater, NY).

When not creating or performing, Ashley enjoys drumming, skateboarding and a good sci-fi novel. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and her puppy.