The annual Department of Dance Awards Night Dinner is a special tradition each year where dance majors and faculty come together to celebrate each others’ achievements and art. This year we honor each of you remotely, with an even fuller collective heart, hoping for the very best for each one of you. From graduating seniors moving on, to up-and-coming underclassmen, we salute your hard work, creativity, tenacity and spirit.
Below is our list of special awards and scholarships to deserving students and faculty. If you listen closely, you might even hear the roaring applause and sense the tears of joy from those who would be at the table next to you, if they could…
Wherever you may be, please imagine yourself in dressy attire, finishing your delicious catered meal, and raise your glass of sparkling cider or chocolate milk in a toast to our very own BYU dancers extraordinaire…
Department of Dance Awards 2020
Departmental Recognition of Students
DMSRs 2019-20 (Dance Major Student Representatives)
President – Sasha Chopelas
VP & Dance Ed – Tera Taylor Egbert
Secretary – Ryan Hatch
BA Rep – Lauren James
Ballroom Rep – Saidi Cordon
Contemporary Rep- Victoria Raimondi
World Rep- Natalie Van Wagoner
SDEO Rep – Mac Braithwaite
| GRADUATING STUDENTS |
DECEMBER 2019 Taylor Buck Mackenzie Cruz Braithwaite Susanne Kitchen Carli Treu Ralph Brayden Singley APRIL 2020 James Adamson Lindsey Christensen Roman Curiel Autumn Hawkes Eliza Hoffman Robinson Bronte Hopkins Aubrie Hutchings Rebekah McConkie Skylar Moore Wardle Kiersten Robertson Kathryn Rogers Mckenzie Ward Rucker Lauren Smith Natalie Van Wagoner Jennifer Zackrison Humphrey JUNE 2020 Hanna Ashton Brockbank Brenna Bartholomew Kaila Bradley Podzikowski Diana Brewster Katia Flores Quiroz Veronica Harvey AUGUST 2020 Fallon Fristoe Lesley Gee Lauren Halversen Ryan Hatch Sarah McClure Kyra Morgan Caitlin Shill Kira van Dyk |
| DEAN’S LIST RECIPIENTS |
Winter 2019 Karlee Brotherson Roman Curiel Fallon Fristoe Ryan Hatch Ashley Jex Katelynn Johnson McCall McClellan Skylar Moore Montana Shugars Jennifer Watts Adrienne Whitworth Jennifer Zackrison Humphrey Spring 2019 Taylor Buck Aubrie Hutchings Skylar Moore Wardle Isaac Moras Guevara Brayden Singley Jennifer Watts Summer 2019 James Adamson Corinne Colt Ashley Jex Caitlin Shill Fall 2019 Brynn Foote Megan Fuhriman Melanie Hilton Anastasia Krzymowski Madyson McCook Skylar Moore Wardle Meg Nielsen Samatha Proffit Mariah Sainsbury Jennifer Watts |
| BENEFACTOR SCHOLARSHIPS | RECIPIENTS |
| Sarah Ann Edgren Dance Scholarship (1/2 tuition) The family of Sarah Ann Edgren created this scholarship in honor of their late daughter who loved to dance, but passed away before being able to complete a university degree. Her dancing spirit and longing to continue to learn and develop can be an influence for good for life-long learners. | Ashley Jex |
| Mabel Smith Hanks Dance Education Award (1/2 tuition) “The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart solely her own opinions, but to motivate minds and thereby become eternal in the lives of her students; could anyone wish a greater reward?” -Mabel Smith Hanks This award is given to enable one who exemplifies this philosophy to complete certification for entering the teaching profession. | Jessica Jensen Walker |
| Milton F. Hartvigsen Physical Education Scholarship (1/2 tuition) “As the individual or the collective body assigns right or wrong to any action or decision, they reflect the moral and ethical values they esteem.” – Milton Hartvigsen This award is given to one whose actions have reflected ethical and moral values consistent with the ideals most highly esteemed within their chosen profession. | Madyson McCook |
| A. Gary Hopkinson Dance Scholarship (1/2 tuition) This award is given annually to one who demonstrates an affinity for creation in full production detail and technology. | Hattie Shepherd |
| Emerson and LeGene Lyman Scholarship (1/2 tuition) | Brynn Lewis |
| Sara Lee Gibb Dance Education Scholarship (1/2 tuition) “Talents are gifts of the spirit and are divinely given. As seekers of meaning in dance, we discover the beauties and mysteries of the earth, as well as eternal truth. The art of movement celebrates the unspoken language of the soul.” – Sara Lee Gibb This award is given to a dance education major who shows promise as a dance educator while embodying integrity and gospel values. | Tera Taylor Egbert |
| Cherrill Brown Liptak (1/2 tuition) This award is given to one who, through dancing, will give and receive joy as well as inspire others to dance. | Joey Anderson |
| Phyllis C. Jacobson Dance Award (1/2 Tuition) “Havelock Ellis made the following statement which eloquently expresses my convictions, ‘If we are indifferent to the art of dancing, we have failed to understand not merely the supreme manifestation of physical life, but also the supreme symbol of spiritual life.” -Phyllis Jacobsen This award is given to one whose work reflects dance as a creative activity that involves the total being, as well as the qualities of perseverance, endurance and service. | Isaac Moras Guevara |
| Cherrill Brown Liptak Dance Award (TWO Full tuition scholarships) “If, as Thomas Carlyle has said, ‘Music is the speech of angels,’ then dance is surely its gestural equivalent in the expression of joy and inspiration.” This award is given to one who through dancing, will give and receive joy as well as inspire others to dance. | Annah Brooks Melanie Hilton |
| Leona Holbrook Dance Award (TWO full tuition scholarships) “There is a human dignity which should govern all of man’s activities and a human worth which should give those activities significance.” -Leona Holbrook This award is given to one whose dance contributions reflect exemplary human worth and dignity, as well as demonstrated leadership abilities. | McCall McClellan Daylin Williams |
DANCE MAJOR DEPARTMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS | RECIPIENTS |
FALL 2020 AND WINTER 2021 AWARDS $2000 split between two semesters | Courtney Barclay, Jenica Barker, Ashley Bouwhuis, Kayla Brown, Bethany Claunch, Kaeli Dance, Athena Davis, Baylee Dowdle, Aullora Fekete, Miranda Fife, Megan Fuhriman, Kallie Hatch, Anastasia Krzymowski, Dana Lambert, Raegan Nelson, Mallory Pruitt, Susana Pettis, Eleanor Reugner, Braden Swanson, Emma Talbot, Jennifer Watts |
FALL 2020 AND WINTER 2021 AWARDS $1000 split between two semesters | Audry Allen, Samantha Allen, Cassidy Baugh, Addison Boll, Savannah Brown, Mackay Butler, Maddie Butler, Sydney Chatterton, Corinne Colt, Carlee Coulson, Emily Covington, Jaime Dick, Shaylee Flowers, Hannah Hardy, Jewel Hatch-Killpack, Gideon Hatch-Killpack, Mckinley Hawkes, Haley Henry, Lyric Ikeomu, Savanna Jarvis, Analise Larkin, Mikenzie Moon, Cleo Ong, Madison Rice, Cassidy Riggs, Angela Smith, Abby Trinca, Camille Winn |
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