Higher Education & Ballet Intensives

• Stephanie was accepted to and attended several ballet summer intensives including the Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Sacramento Ballet summer intensives. Here she worked with world renowned master teachers and choreographers including Arturo Fernandez, Susan Jaffe, Jackie Sleight, Ron Cunningham, and Carinne Binda.

• Stephanie attended Utah Valley University, where she received a full tuition academic scholarship. Stephanie was selected as Valedictorian of the School of the Arts for 2017 and graduated summa cum laude from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with an emphasis in Ballet. While at Utah Valley University, Stephanie engaged in a rigorous ballet training program as well as taking courses in ballet choreography, composition, ballet pedagogy, music for ballet dancers, anatomy, and dance kinesiology.

• Stephanie was a member of UVU’s pre-professional ballet company, Repertory Ballet Ensemble, from 2013-2017 where she performed in many shows and worked with numerous choreographers such as Heather Gray, Jamie A. Johnson, and Mark Borchelt. Stephanie also performed with Utah Regional Ballet, under the direction of Jacqueline Colledge, in their productions of the Nutcracker and Snow White during the 2016-2017 season. Stephanie made the Dean’s list each semester at UVU and was appointed as the Dance Department Student Representative for the 2016-2017 school year.

Dancing Around The World

After graduating from university, Stephanie performed with Wasatch Contemporary Company during their 2017 Fall season. Stephanie then went on to perform with Norwegian Creative Studios. Stephanie performed as a production cast dancer and served as the Dance Captain on the Regent Seven Seas Voyager in 2018, 2019, and 2020, as well as the Oceania Nautica in 2019.