Jacqueline P. Colledge

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Founding director of Utah Regional Ballet. Colledge became a member of Ballet West while attending the University of Utah. During that time, she danced various solo roles and worked with numerous renowned choreographers and instructors, such as Lew Christensen, Jacques d’ Amboise, Michael Smuin, Dimitri Romanoff, and Francia Russell. In 1981, Colledge organized Utah Youth Ballet (later renamed Utah Regional Ballet), which has been a professional performing company in residency at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, since 1995. Colledge is currently on faculty at Utah Valley University as the coordinator for the ballet program.