Ashley Menestrina is a movement artist with deep ties to improvisation. Her repertoire of solo works: "Always a Creature," "The Human Condition: Absent Presence," and "Combative Echoes" have been performed in eight countries and received numerous awards from festival juries. She has further worked as a collaborator/choreographer for the following artists: Alice Gosti, Gonzaga University, Anna Mlasowsky for the Amazon A.I.R program, Emily Schoen Branch, and Maia Melene Durfee since moving to Seattle in 2021.