More BYU Dance LIVE! for Winter Semester 2021

Coming Soon to a Living Room Near You: BYU Dance LIVE! was such an astounding success that live streaming will continue during Winter Semester 2021!

BYU Dance received new funding for students to produce more live dance content each week! Watch for all the BYU dance teams in their costumes and masks, starting in January!

“Looking back on what BYU Dance LIVE! has become,” said Adam Dyer, “I don’t think any of us could have imagined the momentum, inspiration or reach that this NEW performance platform has gained.”

“I think it has been an amazing exercise in teamwork,” Dyer continued. “The students, faculty and our audience have all combined efforts to celebrate and do the best we can to enjoy art in the midst of global turmoil.”

A few stats from Fall Semester BYU Dance LIVE!

  • 38 countries tuned in
  • 9047 individual streams
  • 27,141 estimated viewers

We’ll see you in January 2021 on dancelivestream.byu.edu!

BYU Christmas Around the World Celebrates 60 Years!

Photo Credit: BYU Photo, 2011

A message from Jeanette Geslison, Artistic Director of the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble:

This year would have been 60 consecutive years of BYU’s Christmas Around the World concert! We are saddened by the empty room the absence of this concert leaves this week, but we are hopeful for a bright future of more concerts to come. We send you all the warmest wishes for a happy and joyful Christmas season this year from BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble. 

~ Jeanette Geslison, December 3, 2020

Sixty years is a significant history! These celebrations represent 60 years of countries, cultures, costumes, and community! BYU folk dance teams have traveled the world performing and have brought the world back to campus through their performance artwork. Congratulations to all those who have been involved in these teams and performances over the years!

Check out the new (2020) collage YouTube video here!

Below: Enjoy some photos of recent Christmas Around the World concerts on the campus of Brigham Young University from the last decade!

1712-02 0237 1712-02 Christmas Around The World Members of the BYU Folk Dance Team and dancers from Minzu University in Beijing perform during Christmas Around The World, including their combined number called “Encounter”. December 2, 2017 Jaren Wilkey/BYU © BYU PHOTO 2017 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801)422-7322
{filename base} 1811-50 Christmas Around the World Photo by Gabriel Mayberry © BYU PHOTO 2018 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801) 422-7322 1811-50 0632 11/29/18 Photography by Gabriel Mayberry/
  • Christmas Around the World Dec. 2015 ~ CFAC BoxService/BYU Photo
  • Dec. 3, 2011 ~ CFAC BoxService/BYU Photo
  • Dec. 3, 2011 ~ CFAC BoxService/BYU Photo
{filename base} 1811-50 Christmas Around the World Photo by Gabriel Mayberry © BYU PHOTO 2018 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801) 422-7322 1811-50 1136 11/30/18 Photography by Gabriel Mayberry/
1712-02 5297 1712-02 Christmas Around The World Members of the BYU Folk Dance Team and dancers from Minzu University in Beijing perform during Christmas Around The World, including their combined number called “Encounter”. December 2, 2017 Jaren Wilkey/BYU © BYU PHOTO 2017 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801)422-7322
{filename base} 1811-50 Christmas Around the World Photo by Gabriel Mayberry © BYU PHOTO 2018 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801) 422-7322 1811-50 0367 11/29/18 Photography by Gabriel Mayberry/
1712-02 4773 1712-02 Christmas Around The World Members of the BYU Folk Dance Team and dancers from Minzu University in Beijing perform during Christmas Around The World, including their combined number called “Encounter”. December 2, 2017 Jaren Wilkey/BYU © BYU PHOTO 2017 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801)422-7322

BYU Professor of Dance Angela Rosales Challis to Discuss Dance in Film

Artists Elevated Event to
Discuss Film in the Arts

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 ~ 2 – 3:30 p.m. on Zoom

BYU Professor of Dance Angela Rosales Challis to Discuss Dance in Film on Expert Panel


Register here to receive a link to the free, online event for Artists Elevated. If you enjoy Dance in Film, you will not want to miss this expert panel discussion involving many gifted artists in the Mountain West area. Find out more about Artists Elevated and the event here.

BYU Ballet Double Feature on #byuDanceLIVE Livestream!

Theatre Ballet Company will perform Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, @5p.m. on #byudancelive, followed by the Ballet Showcase Company Concert at 6:30 p.m! Faculty Artist Directors and collaborators include: Shayla Bott, Ashley Parov, Hilary Wolfley, Shani Robison, Brooke Storheim and Erin Malan, among other talented ballet artists — students and faculty — in various roles.

2020-2021 BYU Dance Preview Day ~ Virtual Experience

ALL Are Invited – Tune in to Preview Day on Zoom – Friday, Nov. 13, 2020!

Are you a current BYU student (or hopeful) who’s a …

  • Dancer with questions?
  • Freshman or underclassman?
  • Dance class student?
  • Emerging Dance Major or Minor?
  • Performance team dancer?

Feel free to join us on Zoom for details about the BYU Dance Program  ~ Tune in at 9:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. or both today, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020! This virtual event was designed for high school seniors and transfer students, but it is OPEN to ALL who would like more information about how things work in BYU Dance! Join us on the Zoom meeting TODAY at either time! If you’re currently not a BYU Dance Major, please register at byudance.slideroom.com to get on the department’s radar screen. Thanks!

BYU Dance Flies with Faith in BYU Magazine Article

Photo by Bradley Slade, BYU Publications

Department of Dance in BYU Magazine

Senior dance major Mariah J. Sainsbury and Assistant Professor Adam Dyer are featured in the Flying with Faith article in BYU Magazine’s Fall 2020 issue! Read more…

BYU Dance Majors Senior Showcase Concert ~ Fall 2020

Senior Showcase Livestream!

Watch BYU Dance seniors perform their capstone projects — live — on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. on dancelivestream.byu.edu! Senior artists include:

  • *Daylin Williams from Mansfield, Ohio 
  • *Melanie Hilton from Alpine, Utah 
  • Mattie Davis from Draper, Utah
  • Megan Fuhriman from West Jordan, Utah

Faculty advisors include:

  • Asst. Professor Adam Dyer
  • Asst. Professor Marin Leggat Roper

*Daylin and Melanie also received the prestigious Laycock Grant from the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications for their senior capstone projects which nurture creative relationships on campus across disciplinary boundaries. Congratulations to all!

Go Forth to Serve

Top row: (L-R) Kori Wakamatsu, Pam Musil, Adeena Lago, Angela Rosales Challis. Bottom row: (L-R) Kathleen Sheffield, Ariel Hortin, Heather Francis, Karen Jensen. 

BYU Dance faculty have a long history of serving on the leadership board of the Utah Dance Education Organization (UDEO). This fall, contemporary adjunct instructor Karen Jensen wraps up her tenure as past president. We honor her and those listed above as current faculty (2020) who have been board volunteers in this important local dance community group. The department is grateful for their service and all those who have represented BYU Dance in the past (& future).

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