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SERENA WEBB DANCE THEATER PRESENTS
THE VAULT
Choreography by: Angie Banchero-Kelleher and Amy Markgraf
Lighting Designer: Glenn Linder
Sound: Jonah Smith
Seamstresses: Juliana Beers, Sabrina Hardman, and Jennessa Howard
Videographer: Vincent Pelina
Executive Artistic Director: Serena Webb
Associate Director: Kirsten Tucker
Board of Directors:
Board Chair: Brian Tucker
Secretary: Whitney Wyatt
Treasurer: Serena Webb
Members: Karyn Andrasko, Melanie Atwood, Claire Bagley-Hayes, Michael Harrison, Meredith Nickle, and Kirsten Tucker
*Photography and Videography of tonight's performance is strictly prohibited
Lighting Designer: Glenn Linder
Sound: Jonah Smith
Seamstresses: Juliana Beers, Sabrina Hardman, and Jennessa Howard
Videographer: Vincent Pelina
Executive Artistic Director: Serena Webb
Associate Director: Kirsten Tucker
Board of Directors:
Board Chair: Brian Tucker
Secretary: Whitney Wyatt
Treasurer: Serena Webb
Members: Karyn Andrasko, Melanie Atwood, Claire Bagley-Hayes, Michael Harrison, Meredith Nickle, and Kirsten Tucker
*Photography and Videography of tonight's performance is strictly prohibited
Dancer: Angie Banchero-Keheller
Photo Courtesy of Repertory Dance Theatre
Photo Courtesy of Repertory Dance Theatre
director notes
What can I say about two incredibly influential women in my life? My love of modern dance and choreography grew because of these two individuals. Both are so humble that I’m not sure they fully realize the impact they have had—not only on me, but on generations of young dancers and artists.
They continue to inspire young adults, just as they once inspired me, giving them the same encouragement, belief, and love for this art form that I needed to become the artist and director I am today.
When I was in college, I didn’t really imagine that dance would become my career. I assumed life would take me in a different direction—that I would get married, maybe leave school, and teach dance here and there along the way. Becoming a professional dancer, choreographer, or artistic director wasn’t something I truly believed was in my future.
Then one day, Angie said to our Contemporary Dance Ensemble, “You could all be professional dancers.”
Something about hearing those words changed things for me. For the first time, I began to believe that maybe I could.
Years later, to have the opportunity to present and perform the choreography of Amy Markgraff and Angie Banchero-Kelleher is truly a gift and a treasure. Their influence is woven into the artist I became, and sharing their work with our dancers and audiences feels incredibly full-circle.
I hope that as you experience The Vault, you feel even a piece of the fulfillment, gratitude, and joy that I feel bringing these works to the stage.
Enjoy the show!
Serena Webb
Executive Artistic Director
Serena Webb Dance Theater
They continue to inspire young adults, just as they once inspired me, giving them the same encouragement, belief, and love for this art form that I needed to become the artist and director I am today.
When I was in college, I didn’t really imagine that dance would become my career. I assumed life would take me in a different direction—that I would get married, maybe leave school, and teach dance here and there along the way. Becoming a professional dancer, choreographer, or artistic director wasn’t something I truly believed was in my future.
Then one day, Angie said to our Contemporary Dance Ensemble, “You could all be professional dancers.”
Something about hearing those words changed things for me. For the first time, I began to believe that maybe I could.
Years later, to have the opportunity to present and perform the choreography of Amy Markgraff and Angie Banchero-Kelleher is truly a gift and a treasure. Their influence is woven into the artist I became, and sharing their work with our dancers and audiences feels incredibly full-circle.
I hope that as you experience The Vault, you feel even a piece of the fulfillment, gratitude, and joy that I feel bringing these works to the stage.
Enjoy the show!
Serena Webb
Executive Artistic Director
Serena Webb Dance Theater
Dancer: Amy Markgraf at BYU Museum (Kate Monson Choreography)
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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE QUEEN
Dates: December 16-17, 2026 Time: 7:30 PM Venue: Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center Tickets: On sale November 1st Serena Webb Dance Theater presents… a Nutcracker like you’ve never seen! Step into a world of steampunk magic, a scrambled score, and a cast of children and adults bringing E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic to life in a bold new way. The only dancer on pointe? The Mouse Queen. Everything else? Pure MAGIC! Don’t miss the show everyone’s talking about—this Nutcracker will surprise, delight, and enchant. |
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PROGRAM
1. Cassandra
Dancers: Juliana Beers, Mikayla Brush, Alyssa De La Rosa, Elizabeth Duggar, Sabrina Hardman, Jennessa Howard, Evey Lindsey, Sadie Marker, and Serena Webb
Choreography: Angie Banchero-Kelleher
Music: Zoe Keating
2. Nevertheless (2007)
Dancer: Karyn Andrasko
Choreography: Amy Markgraf
Music: Jennie Bangerter Larsen
Part of Onward Alone, an evening-length work conceived by Caroline Prohosky
In July 1846, along the Platte River in Iowa, fifteen thousand Latter-day Saint refugees watched as five hundred of their men — husbands, sons, brothers — answered President Polk's call to march in the American-Mexican War. Among them was James Allen Scott of Company E, who left behind his sister, Margaret L. Scott, in Tennessee.
Margaret's letter to James, written that August, carries the ache of a sister trying to hold faith and fear in the same hand. "I received your letter... with mingled emotions of sorrow and admiration," she wrote, before asking him to write often, to guard his health, to obey his officers — and to come home. She trusted his judgment, trusted the cause he had chosen. And yet: "I have confidence enough in your judgment to believe that you have good reasons for acting as you have done... Nevertheless, I wish it were otherwise."
James did not come home. He died during his service, far from his family, and Margaret's grief reached Brigham Young himself, who mourned with her that her brother had "fallen... in the bloom of youth."
Nevertheless takes its title from Margaret's own word — the small, defiant hinge between duty and longing, faith and loss. This solo imagines the young woman left behind: waiting, hoping, and lamenting a brother she would never see again.
3. Internal Plexus (1999)
Dancers: Breanne Burby, Rick George, Sabrina Hardman, Kirsten Tucker, and Serena Webb
Choreography: Amy Markgraf
Music: Robert Rich
"A well crafted development of a strong community and the layers within. Beautiful crafting."- Alonzo King
4. Destinations (2015)
Dancers: Evey Lindsey and Jennessa Howard
Choreography: Angie Banchero-Keheller and Amy Markgraf
Music: Johannes Brahms
5. Interrupted (2009)
Dancers: Juliana Beers, Mikayla Brush, Breanne Burby, Rick George, Sabrina Hardman, and Sadie Marker
Choreography: Amy Markgraf
Music: Joan Jeanrenaud
10 Minute Intermission
6. Lacuna
Dancers: Karyn Andrasko, Juliana Beers, Mikayla Brush, Breanne Burby, Elizabeth Duggar, Rick George, Sabrina Hardman, Jennessa Howard, Evey Lindsey, Sadie Marker, Kirsten Tucker, and Serena Webb
Choreography: Angie Banchero-Kelleher
Music: Phillip Glass and Meredith Monk
Dancers: Juliana Beers, Mikayla Brush, Alyssa De La Rosa, Elizabeth Duggar, Sabrina Hardman, Jennessa Howard, Evey Lindsey, Sadie Marker, and Serena Webb
Choreography: Angie Banchero-Kelleher
Music: Zoe Keating
2. Nevertheless (2007)
Dancer: Karyn Andrasko
Choreography: Amy Markgraf
Music: Jennie Bangerter Larsen
Part of Onward Alone, an evening-length work conceived by Caroline Prohosky
In July 1846, along the Platte River in Iowa, fifteen thousand Latter-day Saint refugees watched as five hundred of their men — husbands, sons, brothers — answered President Polk's call to march in the American-Mexican War. Among them was James Allen Scott of Company E, who left behind his sister, Margaret L. Scott, in Tennessee.
Margaret's letter to James, written that August, carries the ache of a sister trying to hold faith and fear in the same hand. "I received your letter... with mingled emotions of sorrow and admiration," she wrote, before asking him to write often, to guard his health, to obey his officers — and to come home. She trusted his judgment, trusted the cause he had chosen. And yet: "I have confidence enough in your judgment to believe that you have good reasons for acting as you have done... Nevertheless, I wish it were otherwise."
James did not come home. He died during his service, far from his family, and Margaret's grief reached Brigham Young himself, who mourned with her that her brother had "fallen... in the bloom of youth."
Nevertheless takes its title from Margaret's own word — the small, defiant hinge between duty and longing, faith and loss. This solo imagines the young woman left behind: waiting, hoping, and lamenting a brother she would never see again.
3. Internal Plexus (1999)
Dancers: Breanne Burby, Rick George, Sabrina Hardman, Kirsten Tucker, and Serena Webb
Choreography: Amy Markgraf
Music: Robert Rich
"A well crafted development of a strong community and the layers within. Beautiful crafting."- Alonzo King
4. Destinations (2015)
Dancers: Evey Lindsey and Jennessa Howard
Choreography: Angie Banchero-Keheller and Amy Markgraf
Music: Johannes Brahms
5. Interrupted (2009)
Dancers: Juliana Beers, Mikayla Brush, Breanne Burby, Rick George, Sabrina Hardman, and Sadie Marker
Choreography: Amy Markgraf
Music: Joan Jeanrenaud
10 Minute Intermission
6. Lacuna
Dancers: Karyn Andrasko, Juliana Beers, Mikayla Brush, Breanne Burby, Elizabeth Duggar, Rick George, Sabrina Hardman, Jennessa Howard, Evey Lindsey, Sadie Marker, Kirsten Tucker, and Serena Webb
Choreography: Angie Banchero-Kelleher
Music: Phillip Glass and Meredith Monk
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CHOREOGRAPHERS
KARYN ANDRASKO
Karyn Andrasko received her BA in Dance Performance from SUU and her MA in Dance Anthropology from Roehampton University in London. She has trained in many different dance genres but claims modern dance as her true love. She loves telling stories through movement by choreographing for modern dance companies and community musical productions.
Karyn is so excited to be back choreographing and dancing for this show. She is SWDT's official photographer and a resident choreographer. 'All my love to Jackson, Sonya, Jonas, and Simon!'' |
KIRSTEN TUCKER
Kirsten Tucker started dancing at a very young age, and trained extensively in Ballet with Children's Ballet Theatre and Russian Institute of Ballet. She also danced on Skyline High School's dance company for three years where she learned to teach and choreograph. She was accepted into University of Utah's ballet program in 1994, and was a company member on their Character Dance Team. There she worked with a variety of dance professionals on Utah Ballet and Ballet West. She danced in a number of productions such as "The Ice Queen," "Giselle," and was highlighted as a soloist in William Christensen's "Coppelia," one of the last productions he directed before he passed away. She is a current company dancer of Serena Webb Dance Theater, Webb Dance Academy Director, and a recent graduate of Utah Valley University with her BFA.
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LIGHTING DESIGNER
GLENN LINDER
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Glenn has spent many years lighting theatre, dance, opera, live music, and corporate events around the country. He has no favorite shows, as every show can be fun and challenging. He also likes sunsets, long walks on the beach, and romantic dinners…usually by himself.
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DANCERS
JULIANA BEERS
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Juliana Beers began dancing at the age of 7. She trained in many styles under ReNae and Charlee Sorenson at Spotlight Revue Dance Studio, while also dancing with her high school’s dance company and ballroom team. She went on to major in ballet at BYU where she performed and toured with their ballet company, Theatre Ballet. Since graduating, she has danced with Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Illume Dance Company, and Serena Webb Dance Theater. She was also a member and choreographer of the Antiques Dance Company, where she performed and choreographed many pieces over three years. She won multiple awards for her choreography with the Antiques at regional and statewide competitions. She has also taught and choreographed at dance studios throughout Utah for 14 years.
While not dancing, Juliana enjoys drawing, sewing and costume design, jigsaw puzzles, and anything related to Pokémon. She is deeply grateful for the support and love of her family, friends, and especially her two beautiful daughters. |
MACKAY BUTLER
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Mackay started dancing in high school as an experiment, and it quickly became his passion. He dabbled in every style he could, gaining a wide variety of training, with a strong foundation in modern. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Brigham Young University, where he competed ballroom openly and danced on the university’s ballroom and contemporary companies. He also had the opportunity to dance on salsa champion Jorge Rentería’s salsa team with the GioDanceworld studio in Pleasant Grove, UT and perform at the Las Vegas Super Congress. Mackay likes to say “If I get to move, I’m happy,” thus he is always looking for his next project and is glad for every opportunity that allows him to spread the joy of expression through movement. He also married the love his life, Victor, this summer, and they reside in Orem, Utah.
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BREANNE BURBY
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Breanne Burby started her Dance career in high school with a modern-contemporary dance class. After taking this class, she continued to dance through high school and into college, where she graduated from Dixie State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Dance. During her time at Dixie, she had the opportunities to explore different genres of dance such as ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, ariel, and modern. Breanne has also had the opportunity to perform in multiple shows with the the Dixie State Dance Department, which included student and faculty choreographed performances, along with collaborating with Repertory Dance Theatre. Breanne believes that dance will benefit dancers as long as they are willing to put their time and effort into growing as a dancer, as that is what she has done for herself. As of recently Breanne continues to teach and perform with Serena Webb Dance Theatre.
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ELIZABETH DUGGAR
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Elizabeth Duggar graduated from SUU with her BS in Dance Performance. She loves dancing on the stage, whether it be as a dancing Police Officer in "Pirates of Penzance" or a strange human from the land of "Imago". Dance is more than just a form of expression for her - it is a means of connecting more deeply with humans and the human experience as she explores what that means through the mode of movement. She has two adorable young boys and is excited to show them you can always find ways to do the things you love, even when you’re old.
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RICK GEORGE
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An Oregon native, Rick began his training through the dance program at North Bend High School, as well as Pacific School of Dance. Afterwards he attended Brigham Young University and graduated with a BA in Dance. More recently, Rick has danced with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square for several of their Christmas performances, which were later broadcast nationally on PBS. He has also performed several roles with Illume Dance Company in their presentation of "Narnia." This is Rick's third year performing with Serena Webb Dance Theater.
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SABRINA HARDMAN
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Sabrina Hardman started dancing when she was 3 years old and has been dancing ever since. She has trained in various styles including ballroom, folk styles, and musical theater. She has danced at Spotlight Revue, Orem High Dance Co, Orem Ballroom Company, and NHSDA (National Honors Society for Dance Arts). This is her second year with Serena Webb Dance Theater.
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JENNESSA HOWARD
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Jennessa started in Vaganova Ballet at the age of four in a studio run by her mother. She later went to Mt.San Antonio College to study different genres including Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and etc. She was a student performer in the Palm Springs Choreography Festival, A.C.D.F.A., Santa Monica’s Mix n’ Match Choreography Festival, Symbiosis, Oregon Eclipse, and opened for Martha Graham Dance Company. Jennessa has choreographed multiple dance pieces shown in student showcases and dance competitions across the United States. She graduated with an A.S. degree in Dance, Kinesiology with a California Certification as a Dance Teacher. She has studied world dances and circus arts under multiple teachers that have taught genres such as Butoh, Capoeira, Hand Balancing, Contortion, Aerial Silks, and Static Trapeze. She founded and was the director of Touching Space Dance Company, and now performs with Serena Webb Dance Theatre.
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RAINA PRESCOTT
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Raina began her formal dance when she was 12. She danced with Webb Dance Academy until she graduated in 2022. After high school she took some time off from dance, and her passion reignited when she performed in the 2023 "The Nutcracker and the Mouse Queen." This past year she has experimented with creating a candle business, and is preparing to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing. This is her second year with Serena Webb Dance Theater.
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AUBREY WRIGHT
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Aubrey has been dancing since the age of four. She began in ballet and eventually extended her dance education through Graham and Horton Techniques. Performance, especially dancing, has always been a part of her life. Aubrey grew up in a Filipino household where karaoke and dance was almost always present. She attended LaGuardia School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, Alvin Ailey’s Move NYC program, and studied both neuroscience and dance at Brigham Young University. Now, she continues to pursue her dance career, and teaches dance to the younger generation. She continues dancing through life with her beloved husband, who also knows a thing or two performing! This is her first year performing and teaching for Serena Webb Dance Theater and Webb Dance Academy.
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GUEST DANCER
HEATHER FRANCIS
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Heather Francis is a dancer, teaching artist, and instructional designer. She is excited to be making her second debut with Serena Webb Dance Theatre after 8 years. She’s grateful to be sharing the stage with her friends again! Professionally she is currently designing learning experiences for engineers and consultants in the transportation industry, a fun shift from her previous role designing arts-based professional development for classroom teachers.
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narrator
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From the scorching deserts of Arizona to the snowy mountains of Utah to the smoggy streets of LA and finally landing in NYC, I have been living the actor's life hopping around working in what I love. I am an actor, singer, musician, teacher and artist.
Recent Updates: Currently collaborating on a one actor play based on the Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus. Recently played Horatio in a Viking inspired production of Hamlet with Wolfbane Productions in Virginia |
Serena Webb Dance Theater is a registered non-profit organization.
We appreciate any donations that are made to support our future endeavors in bringing the arts to our community. Your donations help us to fund our shows with things such as; costumes, theater rental, staff salary, and lighting design. Donations will also help support our dancers, and help bring jobs to dance artists in the Midvale area. We appreciate your donations Thank You!
We appreciate any donations that are made to support our future endeavors in bringing the arts to our community. Your donations help us to fund our shows with things such as; costumes, theater rental, staff salary, and lighting design. Donations will also help support our dancers, and help bring jobs to dance artists in the Midvale area. We appreciate your donations Thank You!