Among those choreographers are modern dance guru Donald McKayle, Saddler's Wells Theater's Global Dance Conest winner Ihsan Rustem, Kidd Pivot's Jemaine Spivey, director of ChuThis. He has had the opportunity to work personally with many world renowned choreographers and learn from their expertise. Logan recently had the opportunity to take part in a residency at Perry Mansfield as a member of the Foundry under the direction of Alex Ketley. Logan is currently going into his fourth season as a member of SALT Contemporary Dance in Salt Lake City under the direction of Joni Tuttle McDonald. He attended Brigham Young University on full tuition scholarship and graduated with a degree in Dance Performance. Logan began his formal dance training at the age of 16 under the direction of Janica Hayes at Westlake High School in Saratoga Spring Utah. She currently dances for SALT Contemporary Dance where she performs works by world-renowned choreographers. She also attended San Francisco Conservatory of Dance in summer 2016, learning from professionals with resumes that include San Fancisco Ballet, LINES ballet, and Batsheva. She incorporates this knowledge into all of the classes she teaches, and loves to help others understand how to dance from a functional place.Īmy is always looking for new experiences to learn and has performed with Repertory Dance Theater as a guest artist in the masterwork “Missa Brevis”, choreographed by Jose Limon. While at BYU, Amy was on a performance scholarship through the dance department, and received the Outstanding Performer award in 2016.Īs the teaching assistant for Kinesiology at BYU she developed a strong understanding and passion for the body. She is boundlessly grateful to be with SALT this Fall as a guest company member, director for SALT Pro, and choreographer for SALT training companies.Īmy received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Brigham Young University where she performed with dancEnsemble and Contemporary Dance Theatre. You can even catch her on season 15 of So You Think You Can Dance.Ĭhing Ching has just returned from a 10 month world tour choreographing, teaching, performing, and eating many new snacks. She has also been awarded The Princess Grace Award in Dance. She danced for Northwest Dance Project for seven seasons in Portland, Oregon where she has originated roles in creations by Ihsan Rustem, Patrick Delcroix, Lucas Crandall, Felix Landerer, Jiri Pokorny, Didy Veldman, Wen Wei Wang, Sarah Slipper, Alex Soares, Pedro Dias, Carla Mann, and Yin Yue amongst others.ĭance Magazine named Ching Ching as 25 to Watch in 2017. In addition to her dance training, she is a certified classical Pilates instructor through The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts major in Dance Performance and minor in Education and Psychology & Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine where she studied with legendary dance maker Donald McKayle. This will be Kaya’s first season as a SALT company member.īorn in Manila, Philippines and raised in southern California, Ching Ching Wong began her dance training at Allegria Dance Theater under the direction of Dr. Kaya joined SALT 2 in 2016 and was promoted to an Apprentice with SALT in 2017. During her career, Kaya has had the pleasure of working with and performing works by renowned choreographers such as Marina Mascarell, Drew Jacoby, Gustavo Ramirez-Sansano, Alex Ketly, Brendan Duggan, Gabrielle Lamb, Katie Scherman, Ching Ching Wong, Joni McDonald and Lindsey Matheis. Post college, Kaya moved to Texas to dance with Ballet San Antonio as a Corps de Ballet member. Kaya also trained with San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Northwest Dance Project LAUNCH, Moxie Contemporary Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Ballet West. Jung Sik Roh of Roh Dance Project in Seoul, Korea. Performance highlights include featured dancer in renowned choreographer Ma Cong’s Passion, There and soloist in two original works by Dr. This awarded her the opportunity to perform many Soloist and Demi Soloist roles in both classical and contemporary works. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, she was a member of Utah Ballet, the resident ballet company at the University. She then attended the University of Utah, where she received a B.F.A. Kaya, born and raised in Orem, Utah received most of her early dance training at Wasatch Ballet Conservatory under the direction of her mother, Allison Wolsey.
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