Bethany Faux danced and performed in the Tanner Dance program and Children’s Dance Theater in SLC for fifteen years. She participated in the daCi Conference in Kuopio, Finland, Seattle, WA, and many towns throughout Utah. Bethany received her BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah in 2002. She joined Valley Dance Ensemble modern dance company in 2011 where she had to opportunity to direct both the youth and adult programs.

Karyn Hansen, a native of Cache Valley, has been a member of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet Company since 1990. She began dancing at the age of three, studying a variety of dance styles, including tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, ballroom, and classical ballet. Karyn has performed numerous leading roles with the Cache Valley Civic Ballet, including Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker; Fairy of the Golden Vine in Sleeping Beauty; Mina in Dracula; Fairy Godmother in Cinderella; Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream; and the Nightingale in Firebird. In addition to her work with the Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Karyn has performed with the Utah Festival Opera, the American Festival Chorus, the Sky View Ballroom Dance Team and Drama Club, and professionally with a ballroom dance troupe. Karyn studied primarily with Sandra Emile and has continued her training through technique classes, master classes, and summer intensives with Ballet West, the School of American Ballet, New York City Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Snowy Range Dance Festival, and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Karyn serves as the Associate Director of the School for Cache Valley Civic Ballet, where she teaches ballet technique and pointe classes. For more than two decades, Karyn has enjoyed helping dancers of all ages develop strong technique, artistry, and a lifelong love of ballet. She also enjoys choreography and has created numerous works for The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Twelve Dancing Princesses, and Showcase of Choreographers. She has also choreographed for several productions with local theatre companies. When Karyn isn't teaching or dancing, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Brandon, and their two children.

Pamela Kirschman fell in love with teaching before graduating with a degree in Dance and History Education, and has been enjoying her career for 25 years. She has performed with several dance companies and theatre groups. Her choreography has grown over the years to include musical theatre, adaptations of classical works, and original choreography for the ballets Hansel and Gretel and Carnival of the Animals. She has taught all ages in classes across the country from Utah and Idaho to Vermont and Oklahoma. She loves ballet and modern dance and wants her students to enjoy it as much as she does, infusing her classes with challenge and fun!

Jaime Lindley is an original member of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet. She studied with Joan Vendell, Sandra Emile, Maggi Moar, Burch Mann, and Marsha Fay Knight. She has performed many lead roles for the Cache Valley Civic Ballet and has performed with dancers of the American Folk Ballet in the Festival of the American West. Her ongoing training has included DanceWest Workshop, the National Regional Ballet Conference in Richland, Washing, Snowy Range Summer Dance Workshop for Teachers in Laramie, Wyoming, Finis Jhung’s “Teaching what Matters Most” workshop in New York City. She is also certified in teaching PBT Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). Jaime has been intricately involved in all aspects of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet over the last four decades.

Stephanie R. White has studied, performed, taught, and choreographed with the Cache Valley Civic Ballet Company and School since 1984. A character dancer at heart, Stephanie has played most evil roles including the Carabosse (Sleeping Beauty), Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella), the Mouse King (Nutcracker), and Kashchei the Immortal (Firebird). She holds a master's in Education and recently completed her MFA in Dance from Montclair State University. Currently, Stephanie is a Professor in the Theatre Arts Department at Utah State University teaching most dance forms including movement exploration for Educators, tap, musical theatre, ballet, period and social dance, and jazz/contemporary. Stephanie has choreographed or performed with the following companies: Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Lyric Repertory Company, USU Theatre, American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, and Music Theatre West. She is ever happy to return to her home base at Cache Valley Civic Ballet-School and currently acts as a substitute or guest artist for CVCB productions/Showcase of Choreographers.