Ashanté Green received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from Shenandoah University (2014) where she was featured as a soloist in many works and was the recipient of the Outstanding Performance in Dance Award and the Elizabeth Weil Bergmann Choreography Award. She continued her education at Shenandoah University and received a Master of Science in Performance Arts Leadership & Management in 2015. After graduating, Green returned to the Dance Institute of Washington (DIW) where she had received early training in various styles of dance, to work under her “dance father,” the late Fabian Barnes. She currently serves as the creative director at DIW and is also one of the lead choreographers, training students in ballet, modern and Afrocentric movement.

In December 2020, Green was featured in a short dance film sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts and Mars Arts DC. She has been featured in Dance Teacher Magazine twice. Her choreography placed third in the Ensemble Category at YAGP’s 2017 Regional Semi-Finals and the Senior Men’s Contemporary Division in 2018. Green’s choreography was also selected to be performed at the International Association of Blacks in Dance 31st Annual Conference and Festival in 2019. In February 2021, Green created and directed Our Spiritual Journey, a full-length dance production, for DIW that took viewers on a journey through Black diasporic history, culture, and ancestry. Green has a proven track record of success in both leadership and teaching roles, having directed award-winning productions and worked with students nationally and internationally.