Ashley Marcelle Putnam

Date of Birth: 9-22-90

Eyes: Brown Hair: BrownHeight: 5’9”Weight: 130 lbs

PROFESSIONAL FILM, MODELING, DOCUMENTARIES, TELEVISION SHOWS & TELEVISION COMMERCIALS:

 Dancer in “High School Musical 2” Disney March 2007

 Actor for “Lucky You” Colorado Film School March 2005

 Dancer for “Swing” Colorado Film School April 2005

 Actor for “Daddy’s Day” WAM TV Oct. 2002

 Lead actor for “Busted” Animal Planet series April 2002

 Model for Dance Fashions Catalog Liberts Dance Fashions 1997

 Actor in TV Commercial Oak Express/Big Sur Waterbeds 1996

 Actor in TV Commercial Weberg Furniture 1994, 1995

 Actor in TV Commercial Small Miracles Adoption Agency 1994 to present

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING EXPERIENCE:

 Dancer in “Hairspray” Tuacahn Center for the Arts April-Oct. 2012

 Sugar Plum Fairy in “Nutcracker” Spotlight Performing Arts Center Nov.-Dec. 2011

 Tap Dancer in “Crazy for You” Tuacahn Center for the Arts July-Oct. 2010

 Lead in “Wild Things” & “Music of the Night” Plaza Show Tuacahn Center April-Oct. 2010

 Dancer in “42nd Street” Tuacahn Center for the Arts July-Oct. 2007

 Ensemble in “Cinderella” Tuacahn Center for the Arts April-Oct. 2007

PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY, DIRECTING AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Acro/Gymnastics, Pointe & Lyrical Instructor at Spotlight Perf. Arts Center 2010 to present

 Co-Director of Spotlight Performing Arts Center Santa Clara, UT 2010 to present

 Director of the Cedar City Dance Department Cedar City, UT 2009-2010

 Tap Company Director and Dance Company Assistant at Spotlight Performing Arts Center 2010 to present

 Resident Choreographer and Assistant Director for Spotlight Musical Theater Company 2010 to present

(shows include “Beauty & the Beast,” “Grease,” “Aladdin,” “Cinderella,” “High School Musical,” “Hercules,” etc.)

 Choreographer for the Ivins City Children’s Musical Theater Company 2007 to present

(shows include “Annie,” “Sound of Music,” “Bye, Bye Birdie,” “Peter Pan,” “Wizard of Oz,” etc.)

 Assistant Director of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” Dixie Dramatic Association Dec. 2007

EDUCATION:

 Will graduate from Dixie State College Bachelor’s Degree in Communication May 2013

(Writer for the student newspaper, “Dixie Sun” (2010-2012), Arts & Entertainment Editor for “Dixie Sun” (2011-2012)

 Writer for “The Independent” Newspaper St George, UT 2011 to present

 Graduate of Dixie State College Associate Degree May 2011

 Graduate & Valedictorian of Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts 2005-2009

Tuacahn High Dance Company (4 years), Dance Company President (2009), Tap Company Director (2009), Freshman Representative (2006), Dance Rep. (2007), Student Body Secretary (2008), National Honors Society (4 years)

 Published author of “My Mommy Has Myasthenia Gravis” Copyright Sept. 2003

DANCE EDUCATION:

 Dance Training: Ballet (since 1992), Tap (since 1993), Gymnastics (1992-1996), Jazz (since 1994), Musical Theater (since 1996), Acro-Gymnastics (since 1996), Lyrical (since 1998), Pointe (since 2001), Modern (since 2005), Ballroom (since 2009)

 “Spotlight Performers” Performing Company

Headliner performances at Disneyland (1999), Disney World (2001), on a Carnival Cruise Ship (2002, 2012), at Mt. Rushmore (2002), “Circus Circus” (2002)

 St George Musical Theater Community Theater

“Annie Get Your Gun” (2009- Dance Capt.), “Singing in the Rain” (Jan. 2009- Lead Dancer), “High School Musical Onstage” (2008- Cheerleader), “Beauty & the Beast (2006- lead dancer)