Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Utah Valley University     April 2014

Bachelor of Fine Arts Dance, Ballet Emphasis candidate 

Lone Peak High School Graduate       May 2006

Dance Performance Experience

Repertory Ballet Ensemble       April 2010

Repertory Ballet Ensemble in Concert

Artistic Director: Shayla Bott

Featured a selection from Act 2 La Sylphide by Filippo Taglioni.

UVU Senior Choreography Showcase       April 2010

VOX!

Under the direction of the seniors class 2010

Presented choreography by Missy Seawright.

Repertory Ballet Ensemble       November 2009

Repertory Ballet Ensemble Informal Showing

Artistic Director: Shayla Bott

Featured choreography by Shayla Bott and a selection from Don Quixote act III scene 2.

Uvu senior choreography showcase       april 2009

Venture

Under the direction of the seniors class 2009

Presented choreography by Ashleigh Carpenter and Wilson Domingues.

Repertory Ballet Ensemble       April 2009

Repertory ballet Ensemble in Concert

Artistic Director: Nicole Ortega

Presented choreography by Brittney College Squires, Robert Kelley, and Shayla Bott

American College Dance Festival Association       April 2009

Northwest Regional Conference held at UVU

Presented choreography by Shayla Bott and Wilson Domingues

Repertory Ballet Ensemble       November 2008

Repertory ballet Ensemble in Concert

Artistic Director: Nicole Ortega

Presented choreography by Shayla Bott and Wilson Domingues

Repertory Ballet Ensemble       April 2008

Repertory ballet Ensemble in Concert

Artistic Director: Nicole Ortega

Presented choreography by Heather College Gray

UVSC Ballet Majors Performance     March 2007

Utah Valley State College Dept. of Dance presents first eve Ballet Majors performance

Presented Choreography by Nicole Ortega and Shayla Bott

The Nutcracker       December 2003-2007

Utah Regional Ballet

Artistic Director: Jacqueline College

Original choreography by Jacqueline College

Performed in various roles; Shepherd’s Candy, Marzipan Candy, Arabian Corps, and as a parent in the Party Scene

Dance Education/Training

Utah Valley University

Pointe Levels 1-5: Diedre Gibbs, Shayla Bott, Nicole Ortega, Yiqi Cheng, Mark Borchelt

Ballet Technique Levels 1-5: Shayla Bott, Nicole Ortega, Yiqi Cheng

Music For Dancers: Marden Pond

Creative Workshop: Nicole Ortega

Modern Technique: Kim Strunk, Amy Markgraff-Jacobson

Dance Conditioning: Amber Wade

American Social Dance: Scott Asbell

Latin Ballroom: Megan Wiblin

Orientation to Dance: Nicole Ortega

Character Dance: Yiqi Cheng

World Dance Forms: Kim Strunk

Improvisation: Nicole Ortega

Composition: Sarah Donohue

Polynesian Dance: Moana Angilau

Fundamentals of Movement: Kathleen Debenham, Kate Monson

Introduction to Laban Studies: Sarah Donohue

Dance Production and Lighting: Amber Wade

Music for Ballet Dancers: Shayla Bott

Ballet Choreography: Mark Borchelt

Dance History: Angie Banchero-Kelleher

Dance Kinesiology: Amy Markgraf-Jacobson

Pas de Deux: Mark Borchelt

Repertory Ballet Ensemble: Nicole Ortega, Shayla Bott

Ballet Pedagogy: Shayla Bott

Senior Capstone: Kim Strunk

Senior Capstone 2: Nicole Ortega

Current Issues in Dance: Mark Borchelt

Jacqueline’s School of Ballet

Ballet Technique Levels 3-5: Britnee Squires, Heather Gray, Melissa Mendenhall, Denna Demers

Pointe: Britnee Squires, Melissa Mendenhall

Modern Dance: Nicole Ortega, Doris Trujillo

Jazz Technique: Melissa Graehl

Dance Workshops

Regional Dance America Pacific Region          May 2010

Featured instructors: Peter Anastos, Stacy Calvert, Deborah Hadley, Racheal Nole

Ballet West Summer Intensive          July 2008

Featured instructors: Mark Goldweber, Adam Sklute, Jeff Rogers, Pamela Robinson-Harris, Bruce Caldwell, Sharee Lane, Solange Gomes

Utah Regional Ballet Summer Intensive         June 2004-2006

Featured instructors: Jacqueline College, Pamela Robinson-Harris, Atilla Ficzere, Jeff Rogers, Heather College Gray, Christopher Young, Brittnee College Squires, Solange Gomes

Choreography Experience

Utah School of Music and Dance

Best Friends, Beginning Ballet, 2013

Love, Pre-Ballet, Spring 2013

Second Star To The Right, Pre-Ballet, Spring 2013

Twinkle Stars, Creative Preschool Dance, Spring 2013

Beach Days, Combo, Spring 2012

Mysterious Garden, Pre-Ballet, Spring 2012

A Tisket A Tasket, Creative Preschool Dance, Spring 2012

Baby Bumble Bee, Creative Preschool Dance, Spring 2012

Cinderella’s Mice, Pre-Ballet and Beginning Ballet Spring 2011

Catey’s Ballet School

Spring Friends, Ballet 1, Spring 2012

Marshmallow World, Ballet 1, Winter 2011

Senior Dance Showcase; VOX!

Initiation, Spring 2010

Teaching experience

Utah School of Music and Dance   2011-present

Preschool Creative Dance, Pre-Ballet, and Beginning Ballet

Catey’s Ballet School       2009, 2011-2012

Creative Dance and Ballet