Ashley McLellan graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2010 with an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts (Dance).

Ashley performed with the West Australian Ballet from 2008 - 2011, under the directorship of Ivan Cavallari.

In 2015 she joined Dancenorth Australia’s full time ensemble, touring works extensively across the globe, and in 2021 she moved back down to Naarm, Melbourne where she currently resides.

Ashley is working as a freelance dancer and teacher with Lucy Guerin Inc. Chunky Move, Melanie Lane and Stephanie Lake to name a few, creating new works and touring within Australia and Internationally.

As a choreographer she has made a few short works; Other in 2013, Pearl for Lucy Guerin Inc.’s season of Pieces for Small Spaces in 2014, Free Dive with Dancenorth in 2017, Laguna 20 for Dancenorth in 2020, and Veiled Wild for Transit Dance in 2021.