Ava was introduced to dance by her mom when she was three years old by taking a class at the Baltimore Ballet School. After training in classical ballet, she attended the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, SC, where she began to pursue a dance career and began to study modern forms such as Graham, Horton, and Limón. She graduated from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, earning a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance with an emphasis in Choreography in 2024. There, she performed works by Aszure Barton, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and Heather Stewart. She has presented choreography at The Dance Complex and SOMArts in Boston and PMT House of Dance in New York City.

Last fall, she traveled to Brussels, Belgium, to attend the annual Flying Low/Passing Through Workshop at TicTac Art Center, led by David Zambrano. The improvisation of life applies to her dancing and creating. She’s inspired by film, the habitual eclectic nature of her grandmothers, and her experience of movement as a conduit to collective healing. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, climbing, and traveling when she can.

The creation of this website is funded by the 2024 North Carolina Artist Support Grant.