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 Adamso
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 |