Dashiell was born in Charlottesville, VA but later moved with his family to Charlotte, NC. At age ten, “Dash” enrolled in the Boys Dance program at Charlotte Ballet Academy where he studied with Sarkis Kaltakchian under the artistic leadership of Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. He also appeared in multiple Charlotte Ballet productions during this time, most notably The Little Mermaid, and several iterations of The Nutcracker, most recently in Gopak. In addition to ballet, Dashiell has a passion for musical theatre and appeared as Leroy Herdman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, the Musical at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, and as a featured dancer in Newsies at CPCC Summer Theatre. If you want to catch a glimpse of a nine-year old Dash, see if you can find Norman Rockwell’s Shuffleton’s Barbershop on the Hallmark Movie Channel. He’s the one acting alongside Danny Glover. He also serves as a CBA teaching assistant. Dashiell is thrilled to return to his hometown to train with Charlottesville Ballet.