Ashley Wallen

{{Short description|Australian Choreographer}}

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Ashley Wallen is an Australian choreographer{{Cite web|url=http://frontierindia.net/entertainment/lipton-ice-tea-launches-global-tv-ad-with-hollywood-superstar-hugh-jackman |title=Lipton Ice Tea Launches Global TV Ad With Hollywood Superstar Hugh Jackman. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619204637/http://frontierindia.net/entertainment/lipton-ice-tea-launches-global-tv-ad-with-hollywood-superstar-hugh-jackman |archivedate=2010-06-19 }} Frontier India. March 20, 2010. and has worked with stars such as the Sugababes, Kylie Minogue, Will Young and Mariah Carey.{{cite web|url=https://www.blocagency.com/talent/ashley-wallen|title=/choreography Ashley Wallen.|publisher=Bloc LA Agency|date=|accessdate=27 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ideastap.com/IdeasMag/all-articles/ashley-wallen-choreographer|title=Ashley Wallen, choreographer|publisher=IdeasTap|last1=Frizzelli|first1=Nell|date=7 March 2011|accessdate=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311120639/http://www.ideastap.com/IdeasMag/all-articles/ashley-wallen-choreographer|archive-date=11 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

He was the resident dance captain on The X Factor and appeared as a panelist for Arlene Phillips on BBC One's DanceX.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg0HyhieZHg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Jg0HyhieZHg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Ghost the Musical - Meet Ashley Wallen (Choreographer)|publisher=Ghost the Musical channel on YouTube|date=11 February 2011|accessdate=27 September 2016}}{{cbignore}} He also choreographed the 2011 UK version of Ghost the Musical.

He was most recently the choreographer for Minogue's Golden Tour, after previously choreographing her Kiss Me Once Tour.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/13/-sp-lets-stick-together-the-teams-behind-kylie-coronation-street-spotify-today-and-house-of-holland|title=Let's stick together: the teams behind Kylie, Coronation Street, Spotify, Today and House of Holland|newspaper=The Guardian|last1=Cocozza|first1=Paula|last2=Lamont|first2=Tom|last3=Radnor|first3=Abigail|last4=Petridis|first4=Alexis|date=13 September 2014|accessdate=27 September 2014}} During Minogue's Golden era, Wallen also delivered a dance class for competition winners to learn the dance moves to "Dancing", and dance with Minogue herself.

He also choreographed the 2017 Fox movie The Greatest Showman, starring Hugh Jackman, the 2020 Netflix movie Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, starring Forest Whitaker, and the 2021 movie Cinderella for Amazon Prime.