Shayla Bott serves as the College of Fine Arts and Communications Associate Dean of Faculty and the Chair of the Department of Dance. She has taught in private studios and in the university setting at Utah Valley University (UVU) and the University of Utah and has served as Artistic Director of BYU Theatre Ballet, BYU Theatre Ballet Studio Company, and Repertory Ballet Ensemble (UVU).
After retiring from a professional career with Utah Metropolitan Ballet, she has continued to choreograph and teach in professional and academic venues. Shayla’s choreography has won several choreographic awards including Utah Metropolitan Ballet’s Choreography Design Project Competition (1st place in 2008, 2010, 2016 and 2nd place in 2012) and the National Choreographic Recognition Award in 2012 from Regional Dance America in Montréal
Her remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org. Video, text, and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu