Meet the Team
Ashley Daigle
Co-Founder
Chaery Moon
Co-Founder
Biographies
Ashley Elizabeth Daigle
Ashley Elizabeth Daigle began her formal dance instruction in Manchester, Connecticut. Ashley chose to further her pre-professional studies at Goucher College where she received her BA in Dance and studied abroad at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. She was fortunate enough to work with numerous guest artists such as: Nicolo Fonte, Susan Jaffe, Zippora Karz, Emery LeCrone, Nicholas Leichter, Nilas Martins, Gina Patterson, and Amy Seiwert. After graduation, she moved her dance roots to Chicago. During her time there, Ashley worked at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, taught at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Youth Division and was a student with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Scholarship Program. She was a featured Guest Artist with Ruth Page Civic Ballet.
In 2019, Ashley continued her dance studies in New York, receiving her MFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. After graduation, Ashley started teaching for Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken. Over the years, she has choreographed for Georgetown University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, and the Second Avenue Dance Company. She most recently served as a Visiting Professor in Dance at Wesleyan University.
Ashley joins Hoboken Dance Academy under Director Sarah Weber-Gallo, the summer of 2025. She’s currently a Master Teacher at Burklyn Ballet Theatre and a frequent Guest Teacher for MiXt Co. In addition, she continues to be Adjunct Faculty at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Summer High School Program and a published author for Dance Magazine. She is a Co-Founder of Waypoint Dance, alongside Chaery Moon, a mentorship program intended for high school aged dancers as they navigate the transition from home studio training to the larger world of academia.
Ashley is a contemporary ballet choreographer whose current works focus on crafting a new landscape for the ballet world. Her activism engages questions of gender, representation, and power, while her ongoing research highlights important complexities about the future of the dance field.
Chaery Moon
Chaery Moon embarked on her dance journey with the Korean National Ballet and the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, earning early recognition by winning the Tanzolymp in Berlin. She obtained her BFA at The Juilliard School and later joined the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon in France, where she expanded her repertoire across diverse dance forms and cultures, performing works by choreographers including Pina Bausch, Jiri Kylián, William Forsythe, Lucinda Childs, Jerome Bel, and Merce Cunningham. Upon returning to the U.S., Moon pursued an MFA in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Since then, she has created works that intertwine physical movement with the complexities of human experience, engaging in cross-disciplinary collaborations with artists from diverse genres.
In 2017, Moon founded Chaery Moon Dance (CMD), creating works for stage, film, and site-specific performances. Her creations have received support from New York Foundation for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Korean government, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Downtown Brooklyn, and Leimay Foundation. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Baryshnikov Arts, Vogue Hong Kong, and Schön! Magazine. Her writing has also been published in Dance and People and Dance magazines in South Korea.
A certified Cunningham Technique® instructor, she actively participates in projects affiliated with the Merce Cunningham Trust, carrying forward Merce’s legacy. She has taught at The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, CityDance and other institutions.