Ashley Tuttle

Ashley Tuttle was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Ballet Theatre at the age of 16. As a prima ballerina with ABT, Ms. Tuttle‘s career spanned 17 years.   Ms. Tuttle is known for her pure classicism and vivid characterizations. Her performances prove memorable and enriching.  Ms. Tuttle’s repertoire at A.B.T. included such roles as Juliet in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, the title roles in Giselle, Nikiya in Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadere, Odette/Odile in Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake.  Her repertoire ranged from works by George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Jiri Kylian, Mark Morris, Agnes De Mille, Antony Tudor and William Forsythe to name a few.  Ms. Tuttle has danced numerous Twyla Tharp works including In the Upper Room, Brief Fling, Sinatra Suite and Push Comes to Shove.

While maintaining her career with A.B.T., Ms. Tuttle joined the acclaimed Twlya Tharp Dance Company in 2000.  During her time with T.T.D., Ms. Tharp created the hit Broadway show Movin’ Out and the role of Judy on Ms. Tuttle.  Her interpretation of this role earned her both TONY Award and Fred Astaire Dance Award nominations.

Ms. Tuttle most recently has been seen on Broadway in Tharp’s Come Fly Away, at the Metropolitan Opera House in Carmen, guest performances with Dance Theater of Harlem, the Guggenheim Museum’s Works in Process with Lynne Taylor Corbett. The Blue Ballet and solo works with Pam Tanowitz Dance.  Ms. Tuttle continues to dance as a guest artist throughout the world.

 Ms. Tuttle has been a volunteer ballet teacher at Groove With Me, a Harlem-based dance school focused on children at risk. She joined the Board of Directors of Groove With Me in 2007. 

In 2018 Ms. Tuttle was appointed the Director of Faculty, the Lower School at Ballet Tech. She also teaches ballet at the Mark Morris Dance School, Steps on Broadway and Barnard College. She visits many schools for master classes as well as educating the wonderful students of NYCDA. Through educating students and staging ballets, Ms. Tuttle has truly found hear voice as a teacher and enjoys sharing her knowledge of dance with all ages.

Ms. Tuttle was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Wofford College in the Spring of 2011.