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!

Vivian Taylor began her technical ballet training more than 25 years ago. The larger part of her performing years have been with Cache Valley Civic Ballet, dancing roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker, Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty and Godmother to Cinderella. She has also enjoyed the opportunity to perform with Dance West, Cache Community Theatre, Festival of the American West, African Drum and Dance, and Valley Dance Ensemble. Her diverse background in movement enables her to approach performing arts with a broad perspective and enjoys being invited to Choreograph for CVCB company members in their annual showcase. Her most influential instruction has been under Sandra Emile, Maggie Moar, Marsha Knight and Jan Jacobsen. Her most recent experiences have involved taking classes from Ballet West company members, participating in an AileyII master class and training in the Progressing Ballet Technique. Vivian is also a STOTT Pilates certified instructor and continues to teach and train in the method. She is passionate about helping people cultivate a love and appreciation for movement. She hopes to educate students not only in technique, but help them evolve into artists.