Ashley Smith is an American ballet dancer who grew up in Las Vegas. In her youth, she studied ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D), and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). In 2005, she received teacher training certificates from both programs. She moved to Provo, Utah where she continued her ballet training at Brigham Young University. She is the Studio Director and a teacher of Smash Dance Academy, which she first opened in her basement in 2007 as Orem Dance Theater. She is a certified American Ballet Theater (ABT) instructor and Progressive Ballet Techique (PBT) instructor. She is also the wife of businessman Ryan Smith, owner of the Utah Jazz since 2020.
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