{"id":345,"date":"2003-09-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqed2.wsmtechs.net\/spark\/aesha-ash\/"},"modified":"2015-08-05T17:09:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T00:09:10","slug":"aesha-ash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/aesha-ash\/","title":{"rendered":"Aesha Ash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kqed-jwplayer\"> <\/div>\n<p><script>\njwplayer(\"kqed-jwplayer\").setup({\nfile: \"http:\/\/od1.kqed.org\/anon.kqed\/spark\/aeshaash.m4v\",\nimage: \"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/06\/aeshaash-headshot.jpg\",\naspectratio: \"16:9\",\nwidth: \"100%\",\nprimary: \"flash\",\ntracks: [{ file: \"http:\/\/od1.kqed.org\/anon.kqed\/spark\/aeshaash.vtt\", label: \"English\", kind: \"captions\", \"default\": false }]\n});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<style>\n.single-post .entry-content > #kqed-jwplayer_wrapper, .single-post .entry-content > #kqed-jwplayer  {\n    margin-left: 8.33333% !important;\n    padding-left: 0.625rem;\n    padding-right: 0.625rem;\n    width: 56% !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<aside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a new beginning, and all new beginnings are difficult.&#8221;<cite>&#8212; Aesha Ash<\/cite><\/aside>\n<p>In the career of a dancer, taking new steps as an artist can also mean changing your life. That&#8217;s what <b>Aesha Ash<\/b> has done over and over, moving from the New York City Ballet to Switzerland&#8217;s B\u00e9jart Ballet Lausanne and then to Alonzo King&#8217;s LINES Ballet in 2005. <b>Spark<\/b> visited Ash during a rehearsal, where she discussed her adjustment to the third dance company change of her career.<\/p>\n<p>Ash&#8217;s willingness to move from place to place is an effect of her motivation to grow artistically as a dancer. Before joining LINES, Ash was about to retire from the dance scene; worn out from the scrutiny of her body that is not like most ballet dancers&#8217; stick-thin figures and the pressures of being the only African American woman in the New York City Ballet. However, her move to LINES has revived her love for dance through King&#8217;s improvisation and contemporary choreography. <\/p>\n<p>Aesha Ash has been featured in the PBS special &#8220;Live From Lincoln Center&#8221; and photographed for Bazaar, Marie Claire, New Woman, Dance Spirit and Essence. 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