Ashley Harnish Mariani

Ashley C. Mariani is a dancer, educator, choreographer, and curator from the Island of Puerto Rico. She began dancing at the age of three and has spent over 20 years training, performing, and teaching across classical, competitive, and contemporary forms. Her training includes ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap, Step, hip-hop, and Latin fusion. Ashley holds a B.A. in Dance Studies from the University of South Florida with a minor in Mass Communications and is the President and Co-founder of Variety Pack Collective (est. 2019), a multidisciplinary platform collaborating with visual and performing artists. Based between New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico, she works as a traveling freelance artist, educator, and curator, continuing to teach and perform in a wide range of venues. Her work includes collaborations with DRIP Orlando, RAW Artists, Art of Stepping, Mark Morris Dance Group, Jennifer Muller/The Works, and UGMovement. Ashley has performed at venues such as Barclays Center, Times Square, and Dixon Place, and was awarded the New York City Artists Corps Grant, supporting her commitment to community-centered performance and curation.