Dance, Dream & Inspire was founded and launched by professional dancer Ashley Hogg.
Ashley has been dancing since the young age of 3 and she realised in her early teens that this was what she had dreamed of doing as a career. Throughout her childhood she achieved her BATD awards in Ballet, Tap, Majorette & Modern dancing as well as training and competing in Cheerleading.
Ashley professionally trained in Ballet, Jazz & Contemporary at Reid Kerr College (Now West College Scotland) where she completed her HND Dance Artistry. Following this she moved to Newcastle where she went into further training and gained her 2.1 class BA Honours Degree in Contemporary Dance.
In 2013 when Ashley was due to graduate from Newcastle College, she was successful in her first professional audition for Disneyland Paris. This meant Ashley was able to complete her course and move abroad for her first dream job. There she performed as various roles in the magical parades throughout all 4 seasons and spent almost two years living in Paris.

Ashley then went on to work for Norwegian Cruise Line (The Gem) & Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (Allure of the seas) and spent two years performing all around the Caribbean. Visiting places such as New York, Miami, Tampa, Jamaica, Mexico & many more. Performing in amazing theatres in front of thousands of audience members is something that Ashley has loved more than anything about her professional career. She believes that having industry experience will be a fantastic benefit to DDI and the dancers it produces. In between contracts Ashley has taught for various dance schools, where she learnt a lot about how to teach and run a successful dance school. This was also where she found her love for teaching and she will forever thank those teachers who helped and allowed her to find this passion as she is now ready to pass it onto any children willing to listen and work hard. Ashley believes that in order to become a successful dancer you have to be your own inspiration, however here at DDI we work hard to inspire others as well as ourselves.

 

"To be inspired is great, to inspire is incredible"

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