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Tiffany Carpenter
Artistic Director - Tiffany began her dance training in Utah at age 8. At age 16 she received a scholarship to train at the Tremaine studio in Los Angeles. While taking class there, she realized that she had to dance professionally. Tiffany eventually moved to L.A. where she received another scholarship to train for a [...]
Derryl Yeager
Odyssey Dance Theatre Founder/Artistic Director, Ballet Instructor and Pointe Faculty Advisor - As a professional dancer for over two decades, Derryl Yeager has had experience in every style and medium. He received his BFA and MFA degrees at the University of Utah while becoming a principal dancer with Ballet West. He then went on to [...]
Stephanie Cole
Ballet Director - Stephanie Cole began her training at the age of 8 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Stephanie received scholarships from American Festival Ballet and Ballet Idaho. She has performed with Eugene Ballet, Ballet Idaho and American Festival Ballet. Stephanie attended University of Utah and worked with the Ballet West Conservatory. She attended and graduated [...]
Ashley Rodgers
Company Director, Jazz and Hip Hop Instructor – Ashley Rodgers started her dance training at the age of three years old. She trained numerous hours each week and enjoyed every second of it. She trained in Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Tap, and ballroom. She competed at the award winning studio Pulse 31 where she won numerous [...]
Shauna Oliverio
Company Director and Instructor – Shauna Oliverio grew up and studied her first years of dance in Michigan. She trained on scholarship under the direction of Joey Malone and Jackie Sleight at the Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys, CA. During these years of training, Shauna focused on Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern, Hip Hop, [...]
Seneca Miner
Assistant Director, Combo and Jazz Instructor – Seneca has trained in dance since the age of 5 at such places as All American Gymnastics, The Dance Club, Utah Academy of Dance and Center Stage Performing Arts Studio She was seen in the CMT Music Video “Going Home” and the TV commercial “In Your Face” and [...]
Sarah Aezer
Company Director and Ballet Instructor – Sarah Aezer began her training at a very young age and has studied extensively in many different styles of dance as well as tumbling and acting. Some of Sarah’s dance career highlights include touring with Ballet West to Alaska as Clara in their production of The Nutcracker, acting in [...]
Audrey Parker
Company Director, Jazz, Hip Hop and Modern Instructor – Audrey Kingham is a twenty year old native of Las Vegas, Nevada. Audrey began dancing at Bunker Dance Center and continued dancing there until she graduated high school from the Las Vegas Academy for Performing Arts where she majored in dance in 2007. Audrey then moved [...]
Gev Manoukian
Hip Hop Instructor – Gev Manoukian, of Armenian descent, was born and raised in Kazakhstan. In his senior year of school, Gev formed the first break-dancing group in his hometown. Together, they learned their moves by watching videos and through trial and error. In 2003 Gev moved to Salt Lake City, UT. He soon [...]
Jessica Ruffell
Company Director and Jazz Instructor Jessica Ruffell has had over 30 years of dance and music experience, including jazz, ballet, pointe, modern, ballroom, musical theatre & tap. She began and was introduced to dance from Dance Arts School located in Burley, Idaho under the direction of Jennifer Sager. She was a member of the prestigious [...]
Pat Pymm
MY STYLE OF TEACHING IS CALLED SPEECH LELVEL SINGING. I TEACH EACH VOICE DIFFERENTLY. WORKING ON THE NATURAL SPEAKING VOICE, HELPS EACH STUDENT HAVE THEIR OWN SOUND, WITH GREAT RESULTS EACH WEEK.. LEARN BREATH SUPPORT USING CORE MUSCLES, WHICH CREATES POWER AND RICH TONES. I CONNECT THE BREAKS IN THE VOICE, KEEPING AN EVEN SOUND, [...]
Jessie Thacker
Guest Instructor Jessie has been dancing since the day she was born. Her dream was always to be a “Star” and has never forgotten that dream. Jessie has been trained extensively in Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop, and Contemporary. Since graduating with High Honors from Lone Peak High School she has performed with Odyssey Dance Theatre, Odyssey’s [...]
Alyse Overman
Company Director, Jazz and Hip Hop Instructor – Alyse has a passion for dancing and helping others around her gain the joy and accomplishment one can achieve through the art of dance. She started taking dance classes at West Pointe Studios where she studied hip hop, jazz, and ballet, as well as gymnastics at Rocky [...]
Kandice Barney
Jazz Instructor – Kandice Barney, a Utah native, began dancing at the age of three. She began training with Wasatch Dance Center in Heber City, Utah in 1999. There she trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, tap and tumbling. Since then she has earned National, International, and media credit. Kandice is currently pursuing a Bachelor [...]
Deven Davenport
Martial Arts Instructor Deven Davenport has had an interest in martial arts since the age of 5 years old. He did not start training officially until the age of 14. Now at 28, he has earned the rank of 3rd Dan Black Belt under the direction of Master David Pierce of Bushi Ban Martial Arts [...]
Eldon Johnson
Odyssey 2 Instructor Eldon Johnson has been dancing in Utah now for over 15 years. Training under the direction of Penny Broussard at the Winner School, Eldon was able to begin his career with Odyssey Dance Theater at the age of 19. Eldon was named Best Individual Dancer 2010 at the Utah Best of State [...]
Carson Jardine
Breakdancing Instructor Bio coming soon.
Leslie Lynton
Ballet Instructor – Leslie began her ballet training at the age of 5 at the Jacqueline Colledge’s School of Classical Ballet. At age 14 she was invited to dance as an apprentice with Utah Regional Ballet. Just two years later in 2000 she joined the Utah Regional Ballet (URB) as a member of their professional [...]
Andy Iotcicci
Ballet Jazz Instructor – Bio coming soon!
Suelyn Thomas
Combo, Itty Bitty Instructor – Suelyn has been dancing since the age of 5. She has been trained in classical ballet, point, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, gymnastics and musical theater. She has been performing in groups since she started dancing and she began competing in group numbers when she was 8 years old. When she [...]
Matt Dorame
Jazz Instructor - Bio coming soon!
Jessica Phillips
Ballet Instructor At the age of six months, Jessica’s baby photos reflected her desire to be a ballerina. She would pointe her toes while in sitting position. At age four, she took her first dance classes in tap and ballet. Jessica was accepted into the Sr. Company at Rocky Mountain Ballet at the age of [...]
Veronica Yeager
Guest Instructor - Veronica Yeager has been dancing her whole life and has found so much joy in it. She recently performed in Footloose and Annie at Tuacahn where she also played in Cats (Tantomile). She was also in the National Broadway tour of Footloose. Film Credits: High School Musical 2, HSM 3, MTV’s American [...]
Thayne Jasperson
Guest Instructor - Thayne Jasperson was recently seen on the hit reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance” season 4! He then continued on to the SYTYCD National and Canadian tour. Film credits: High School Musical (Brainiac), High School Musical 2, MTV’s American Mall, and Handcart (Horace). Regional Theatre credits: Footloose (Ren), It’s [...]
Krissy Bentley
Pointe Party Planner Bio coming soon!
Amy Lives
Triple Threat Instructor - Amy Lives graduated in Dance from BYU in 1991. While at BYU she performed abroad with The Young Ambassadors and The Dancers Company. She was the first recipient of the Susan Parson’s Award. She also got dance scholarships, Dancer’s Choice Award, and Best Choreography. She received a full scholarship to the [...]
Kristi Hill
Ballet Instructor - Kristi Hill began dancing ballet and jazz in Helena, Montana at the age of seven. She received several scholarships for summer study with SallyAnn Mulcahy, Gelsy Kirkland, Ariana Lallone, Otto Nuwbert, David Norwood, and the Ballet West staff. After graduating from high school she moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University. [...]
Erin Reid
Ballet Instructor - Erin received her early training at the Clytie Adams School of Ballet and the Ballet West Conservatory where she studied ballet, jazz and modern dance. During her training she performed several years in Ballet West’s The Nutcracker and also performed in The Utah Ballet’s Snow Queen. Erin attended Brigham Young University where [...]
