Ashley E Newman

Ashley Eichbauer Newman (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist. She was a faculty member at CAP21 for fifteen years, three of which she served as chair of dance, working with students from NYU and Molloy University.

For ten years, Newman has been a dance teaching artist for Lincoln Center and is also currently a dance curriculum specialist at The Juilliard School, working in K-12 schools around the world. She graduated from NYU with a BFA in theatre and double major in history and earned her M.S. Ed. from Bank Street College of Education. Newman is also a RYT-200 certified yoga teacher and certified in Zena Rommett Floor-Barre©. In 2007, she was a founding dancer of The Chase Brock Experience where she performed extensively throughout NYC and around the country and is currently serving as the company’s associate artistic director.

Other professional performance credits include Paper Mill Playhouse (NJ), Pittsburgh CLO (PA), Baltimore Center Stage (MD), Broadway Palm (FL), Busch Gardens Williamsburg (VA) and the third season of So You Think You Can Dance. She has choreographed at Temple University, Barnard College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Molloy University. Ashley was associate choreographer for Disney’s Hercules at The Public Theater and the video game Dance on Broadway for Wii & PlayStation Move. She is featured in the documentary Chasing Dance.

Newman is thrilled to join the dance department at SHU and looks forward to wondering, reflecting, and learning alongside the performing arts community on campus and beyond. And she is excited to bring her awesome husband, incredible son, and sweet pup along for the ride!