Aesha Ash

Aesha Ash (an haife ta a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 1977) 'yar rawa ce ta Amurka kuma malamar rawa. Ta yi rawa da dama a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar ballet ta birnin New York da kuma waƙa tare da Béjart Ballet da Alonzo King LINES Ballet, da Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company . Bayan ta yi ritaya daga yin wasa, ta kafa The Swan Dreams Project a shekarar 2011 don kawar da ra'ayin da ake yi game da mata baƙar fata a cikin ballet. A shekarar 2020, ta zama mace ta farko 'yar Afirka-Amurka a cikin ma'aikata a Makarantar Ballet ta Amurka .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Ash kuma ta girma a Rochester, New York . Ta fara ballet, tap da jazz tana da shekara 5 a wani ɗakin karatu na gida. Lokacin da take da shekara 10, ta canza ɗakin karatu zuwa mai da hankali kan ballet. Tana da shekara 13, ta yi tafiya zuwa birnin New York don yin horo a lokacin bazara na School of American Ballet . Ta halarci kwas ɗin shekaru biyu kafin a karɓe ta a matsayin ɗalibi na cikakken lokaci.  Ta lashe kyaututtukan Mae L. Wien don Alƙawarin da ya Fi Kyau a 1996.   Za ta zama shugabar malamai ta makarantar a lokacin bazara na 2022.

## Sana'a
A shekarar 1996, bayan ta jagoranci taron bita na ɗaliban SAB a matsayin jagora a cikin *Rubies* na Balanchine, Ash ta shiga New York City Ballet tana da shekaru 18. Ita kaɗai ce Baƙar fata a cikin kamfanin a lokacin kuma ta ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin ƙungiyar ballet ta Corps de Ballet . A lokacin kakar wasan City Ballet ta 1998, ita da Alexandra Ansanelli, Edward Liang da Benjamin Millepied duk an bayyana su ta New York Times saboda fifikonsu a matsayin ƙwararrun masu rawa a kamfanin.  Yayin da take tare da kamfanin, ta taka rawa a cikin manyan rawar Balanchine's *The Nutcracker, Who Cares?,* *[[Valse-Fantaisie]], Le Tombeau de Couperin, Vienna Waltzes, Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3, Square Dance, Coppelia, Midsummer's Night Dream, Symphony in C ,* da kuma Albert Evans ' *Haiku* da *August Bournonville 's Bournonville Divertissements* kamar yadda Stanley Williams ya shirya. Ash ta bar kamfanin a shekarar 2003 bayan rasuwar mahaifinta, bayan ta gaji da fuskantar wariya na tsawon shekaru da kuma ƙarfafa ta ta tafi daga daraktan City Ballet, Peter Martins, wanda ya sanar da ita cewa bai ga aikinta yana ci gaba fiye da yadda yake a da ba.  

A wannan shekarar, an gabatar da ita ga mai tsara rawa Maurice Béjart, wanda ya gayyace ta ta yi wasa tare da kamfaninsa, Béjart Ballet a Lausanne, Switzerland, a matsayin mai rawa a waƙa.  A cikin wata hira da Mujallar Dance, Ash ta bayyana cewa ba ta ji daɗin lokacinta a Bejart ba kuma ta tafi bayan shekaru 2 saboda ana ci gaba da nuna ta a cikin rawar da "masu ƙarfi da kuzari", kuma an hana ta damar yin nishaɗi a ɓangarenta mai laushi. 

Ta koma Amurka a shekarar 2005 don yin wasa tare da Alonzo King LINES Ballet, wani kamfanin rawa na zamani a San Francisco.   Watanni biyar bayan shiga kamfanin, KQED ta ba ta suna, inda ta yarda da wahalar canza kamfanoni, amma kuma ta yarda ta yi hakan don neman manyan ƙalubalen fasaha.  A daidai wannan lokacin, ta kuma yi rangadin tare da ƙungiyar Christopher Wheeldon ta Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company tsakanin 2007 da 2008.  Ta yi ritaya daga rawa a ƙarshen wannan shekarar.

A shekarar 2011, Ash ta kafa Swan Dream Project domin ƙarfafa wa yaran Afirka-Amurkawa gwiwar fara rawa. A wannan aikin, an ɗauki hotonta sanye da cikakken kayan rawa na rawa domin tara kuɗi don wasu ayyukan da suka haɓaka bambancin ra'ayi a rawa.  Aikin kuma yana da sansanin bazara a garin Ash, Rochester, da kuma shirin bayan makaranta a San Jose, California, inda Ash ta zauna.   A shekarar 2016, ta lashe kyautar Mata Masu Yin Tarihi daga Gidan Tarihi na Mata na Ƙasa saboda ayyukanta.  A wannan shekarar, an san ta da aikinta a cikin The Guardian a matsayin "ƙwararriyar mai rawa da ke taimaka wa kowa ya ji daɗin zama a kan dandamali."  An kuma nuna ta a cikin littafin *The Ballerina's Little Black Book* . 

A shekarar 2015, lokacin da Makarantar Ballet ta Amurka (SAB) ta fara kwamitin bambancin ra'ayi, Ash ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ta. Ta koyar da bitar makarantar a California a shekara mai zuwa, ta zama memba na baƙo na SAB a shekarar makaranta ta 2016–2017, kuma ita ce shugabar malamai mai ziyara tsakanin 2018 da 2020.  A watan Yulin 2019, ta yi jawabi a TEDx game da mahimmancin barin yankunan jin daɗin mutum don "nemo gida".  An gayyaci Ash ta shiga cikin malaman makarantar Ballet ta dindindin a 2019, kodayake ba ta karɓi wannan matsayi ba sai a watan Janairu.

A shekarar 2020, ta sanya ta zama mace ta farko 'yar Afirka-Amurka da ta zama cikakkiyar ma'aikaciyar makaranta. Aikinta ya fara ne a watan Satumba na 2020.     Cibiyar Gidan Tarihi da Kimiyya ta Rochester ta yi bikin nadinta ta hanyar ayyana ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "matayen da suka canza duniya 'masu kawo canji'", tare da wani baje koli na musamman don girmama ta.  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan nadinta, ta bayyana a shirin Kelly Clarkson Show inda ta ba da labarinta, ta yi magana game da ƙalubalen da ta fuskanta a matsayinta na Baƙar fata a cikin rawa, kuma ta gayyaci wata matashiyar mai son rawa ta ziyarci New York da kuma ziyartar Makarantar Ballet ta Amurka bayan an kawar da annobar.  A watan Janairun 2021, Kwalejin Dreamers ta Disney ta gayyace ta don ta yi magana game da tafiyarta da kuma raba saƙonta "kada ta bari kowa ya bayyana ko kai wanene." 

A watan Disamba na 2021, an sanar da cewa Ash zai zama mataimakiyar shugabar malamai ta Makarantar Ballet ta Amurka, wani sabon matsayi da aka kafa, a lokacin bazara na 2022, yayin da Darla Hoover za ta zama shugabar malamai. 

## Fim
A shekara ta 2001, Ash ya bayyana a cikin shirin Richard Blanshard mai suna Living a Ballet Dream .  Ƙarin bayyanar sun haɗa da *New York City Ballet Work Out II, Sesame Street,* da *Barbie a cikin Nutcracker* .  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Zoe Saldaña ta rawa sau biyu a lokacin da ta fi rikitarwa a cikin fim din 2000 Center Stage .  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ash ta auri Natale Ruello, mataimakiyar shugaba a Forward Networks, kuma tana da 'ya'ya biyu. Sun zauna a San Jose, California har zuwa 2020, sannan suka ƙaura zuwa New York lokacin da Ash ta karɓi muƙaminta a Makarantar Ballet ta Amurka.  

## Kyaututtuka

* 1996: Kyautar Mae L. Wien don Alƙawarin da ya fi kyau 
* 2016: Kyautar Mata Masu Yin Tarihi ta NWHM  

## Manazarta