Deleise J. varner
Modern dancer, ballet dancer, choreographer, dance researcher, model
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Education
2016 Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
Bachelor of Science, Modern and Ballet Emphasis
2007 Lehi High School, Lehi, Utah
High School Diploma
Honors
2015 Awarded scholarship from Utah Valley University to present at National Conference of Undergraduate Research at Eastern Washington
University in April 2015
Training
Utah Valley University:
2016 Modern Dance Tech Theory II - John Allen, Natalie Desch, Amy Markgraf- Jacobsen
Ballet Technique III - Jamie Johnson, Mark Borchelt, Rachelle Brooks
Pointe III, Jamie Johnson, Rachelle Brooks
2015 Modern Dance Tech Theory I - Natalie Desch, Rebecca Jennejohn, Monica Campbell, Sarah Silverman
Ballet Technique III - Brooke Storheim, Mark Borchelt, Rachelle Jardine
Pointe III - Brooke Storheim, Rachelle Jardine
2014
Modern Dance Tech Theory I - Angie Banchero-Kelleher, Doris Trujillo
Ballet Technique III - Brooke Storheim, Mark Borchelt, Rachelle Jardine
Pointe III - Brooke Storheim, Rachelle Jardine
Character Dance II - Justine Sheedy
Introduction to Laban Studies - Kathie Debenham
2013 Intro to Modern Dance Tech Theory - Doris Trujillo
Ballet Technique III - Mark Borchelt
Pointe III - Rachelle Jardine
Character Dance I - Justine Sheedy
Composition - Doris Trujillo
Fundamentals of Movement - Kathie Debenham
Improvisation - Kate Monson
Ballet Technique II - Nicole Ortega
2012 Ballet Technique III - Mark Borchelt
Pointe III - Rachelle Jardine
Ballet Technique II - Nicole Ortega, Brooke Storheim
Pointe II - Nicole Ortega, Brooke Storheim
Intermediate Jazz - Chelsea Budge
2011 Ballet Technique II - Nicole Ortega, Brooke Storheim
Pointe II - Nicole Ortega, Brooke Storheim
Additional Training
2014 Summer Intensive, Jacqueline’s School of Ballet
Alaine Haubert, Calvin Kitten, Jane Wood Smith, Elizabeth McGrath, Tyler
Burkett
2008- Moving Arts Contemporary Dance Theatre
2010 ReNae Sorenson, Aimee Lohner, Charlene Sorenson
2007 Lehi High School
Cheryl Allgier
1994- Gina Barney School of Highland Dance
2003 Gina Barney
Performance Experience
2016 “The Nutcracker” Oquirrh Mountain Ballet (Snow Corps, Waltz of the Flowers Corps)
2016 "In The Emptiness" UVU Capstone Concert "Insight"
2016 "Through The Eyes of a Survivor, Her Name is Sarah" (Demi-Soloist) UVU Capstone Concert "Insight"
2015 “Uninterrupted Epiphany - Extended Version” Filmed in Utah Awards
(Soloist)
2014 “The Nutcracker” Utah Regional Ballet (Arabian Corps, Party Parent)
2014 “Toba” UVU's Celebrated Voices (Featured Dancer, Ensemble)
2012 "Feast of Tabernacles" The Herbaceous Foundation (Ensemble)
2008-2010 Spotlight Review Studio in Concert Spring and Winter Performances
Theater:
2004 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Utah Arts Council (Go-Go
Dancer)
2002 2002 Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies (Child of Light
Dancer)
Teaching Experience
2015 The Edge Dance Studio (Beginning Ballet, Pre-Pointe)
2014 Studio I, Barlow Arts Conservatory, (Beginning Ballet, Beginning Jazz)
2013 Heart and Soul, The Dance Conservatory (Beginning Ballet, Beginning
Jazz)
2010 Spotlight Review (Intermediate Ballet, Intermediate Jazz)
Creative Work
2016 “Perpendicular Minds” Utah Valley University ( Senior Capstone Project)
2013 “Requiem Dolor” Utah Valley University (Composition)
2013 “A Leap Into The Dark” Utah Valley University (Composition)
2010 “Drive Away” Spotlight Review Studio (Contemporary)
References
Natalie Desch nataliedesch@gmail.com
Angie Banchero-Kelleher angieb@uvu.edu
Rebecca Jennejohn rebecca.jennejohn@gmail.com
Rachelle Jardine rachellejardine@gmail.com
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