Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts-Ballet, Ballet, University of Utah
- Polestar Pilates Certification, Pilates, Polestar Pilates
- American Ballet Theatre National Curriculum Certification , Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York
- Certification, Ballet Program, Progressing Ballet Technique Workshop
Biography
Maggie Wright Tesch
maggie.tesch@utah.edu
Education______________________________________________
2003 - Bachelors of Fine Arts - Ballet, University of Utah
Certifications___________________________________________
American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Certification
2012 - Pre-Primary-Level 7 and Partnering
Polestar Pilates Certification
2011 - Recertification-500 hours
2007 - Certification- 750 hours.
Progressing Ballet Technique
2016 Certification and Workshop
Appointments___________________________________________
2017 - Present - Director - University of Utah Ballet Summer Intensive
2017 - 2019 - Director of Recruiting, Ballet Program
Teaching_______________________________________________
University Teaching
University of Utah Ballet Program
2019-Present – Professor Lecturer
2012-Present - Associate Professor/Lecturer
2007 - 2011 - Adjunct Instructor
Studio Courses: Both Graduate and Undergraduate levels
2007 - Present – 2290, 3290, 4290, 4590 Ballet Technique
2007 - Present – 2200, 3200, 4200, 4500 Pointe Technique/Variations
2007 - 2012 – 3000 Pilates Conditioning-Equipment
2007 - 2012 – 3300 Pilates Mat
2012– 4420 Repertory - Les Sylphides
2012 - Present – 4650 Performance, Utah Ballet -
Serenade, Coppélia, Pas des Fiancées, Bow Out, Odalisques, Les Sylphide (2016), Book of Alleged Dances pdd, “She’s so Fine”, La Fille Mal Gardée (assistant), Carmina Terra ( Rehearsal Director)
Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Courses:
2018 – Present - Graduate Methodology, Pointe section
2016 - Present – 4210 Pointe Methodology
2013 - Present – 4821 Teaching Practicum-Ballet (Honors)
2013 - Present – 4890 Teaching Practicum-Other
2013 - Present – 4860 Teaching Practicum- Ballet
2013 - 4780 Ballet Methodology
2012 - 6000 Graduate Technique Analysis
2011 - 2012 – 6210 Graduate Pointe Methodology
Professional and Trainee Courses:
2012 - Present – Professional/Trainee Courses
4790 Ballet Technique
4720 Pointe Technique
4725 Men’s Technique
4670 Performance
4425 Repertoire
Courses Developed:
2012 - Developed Pointe Methodology 4210- for the teaching emphases
2012 - Developed and implemented a year-round Pre-Professional Joint-Trainee Track with Ballet West for incoming and existing students
Course Redesigned:
2012 - Health and Wellness
University of Utah/Ballet West Summer Intensive:
2011 - 2015 - Faculty Liaison representing the interests of the university
2006 - 2016 – Faculty and Primary Instructor for students seeking ballet credit
Additional University Teaching
University of North Carolina School of the Arts:
2017 – Present - UNCSA Summer Program- Guest Faculty
University of California, Irvine:
2016 - Master Class
Brigham Young University:
2013 - Advanced Summer Intensive Principal Guest Teacher
2013 & 2011 - Master Class
Professional Teaching
Ballet West and Ballet West II
2005- Present - Company-class teacher
- Ballet West Academy Instructor
2005 - 2009 - Ballet West II Rehearsal assistant
- Education and Outreach Associate - Scheduled, coached
and narrated Ballet West’s outreach program “Ballet West For Children”
Community Teaching
2018 – Present - Boston Ballet School Summer Intensive, Newton Campus – Guest Instructor
2014 - 2016, 2018 - Ballet Rincon’s Summer Intensive - Tucson, AZ - Guest
Instructor
2016 - Maple Conservatory of Dance, Irvine California - Master Class
2015 - 2019 - Orange County Dance Center - Orange County, California
Master Class
2014, 2016, 2019 - Regional Dance America-Pacific - Distinguished Faculty - All levels of Ballet
2008 - 2015 - Utah Regional Ballet’s Summer Intensive - Guest Instructor
2014 - French Academie of Ballet - NYC - Master Class
2012 - Provo Civic Ballet, Provo - Master Class
2008 - 2011 - Core of Health - Pilates Instructor, Private Pilates coach
2002 - 2007 - Pinnacle Performance - Pilates Instructor, Private Pilates coach
Coaching
2011 - Present – Youth American Grand Prix - Coach and present dancers
2016 - Val Caniparoli’s Lamberena – Female solo - Ballet West Academy Trainee
2016 - Cecchetti Ballet Competition 2017
2012 - Beijing International Ballet Invitational for Dance Schools
Coached and presented two dancers:
One dancer from Ballet West’s main company (Awarded 3rd prize)
One Ballet West Trainee (Awarded top 12)
2000 - Prix de Lausanne International Competition
Assisted Professor Sharee Lane with a Ballet West Academy student (Finalist)
Grants Received_________________________________________
2013 - College of Health - Injury, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among dancers: A Qualitative Inquiry-Co-Investigator
Principle Investigator - Leslie William Podlog
2013 - University Teaching Grant - Coppélia - Co-Investigator
Principle Investigator- Richard Wacko
2012 - University Teaching Grant- Principle Investigator
American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum
2011 - Thomas D. Dee Endowment for the Enhancement of Teaching- Colleges of Fine Arts and Humanities Grant- Principle Investigator
American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum
Service________________________________________________
Professional Service
2019 - Presented at the RDA-Southeast College Roundtable
2018 – 2019 - Presented a Seminar on training in a University setting at the Boston Ballet Summer Intensive
2016 - 2017 - Presented at the RDA-Pacific College Roundtable
2016 - Assisted and Proctored ABT’s Pre-Primary - Level 3 in SLC
2016 - Presented on a panel of former professional dancers with University
degrees - YAGP
2016 - Recruiting, Teaching - Regional Dance America-Pacific
2015 - Advisory Committee for Ballet West Academy’s Director Search
2014 - Audited and Proctored ABT’s Pre-Primary - Level 3 in SLC
2014 - Recruiting, Adjudicating for scholarship - Regional Dance America-Pacific
2013 - Distinguished Judge - Denver Ballet Guild’s Young Dancer Competition
2013 - Adjudicated Year-round Placement Class - Park City Dance
2012 - 2013 - Presented Seminars on training in a University setting at the
BWA/U of U Summer Intensive
College
2018 - 2019 - Arts Education Committee member appointed by the Dean
2012 - Creative/Scholarly Research Grant Committee member appointed
by the Dean
Departmental
2019 – Dancer’s Conditioning Clinic
2019 – Scholarship Chair for the Ballet Program
2018 - Present - Ballet MFA Graduate Thesis Committee
2018 - Present - Search Committee member for the SOD’s Assistant Professor
2018 - Present - Men’s Recruitment Sub-committee
2017 - Production Sub-committee for the School of Dance, Ballet Program
2016 - Present - School of Dance and Ballet Program’s Scholarship Committee
2016 - Present - Ballet Program’s Pedagogy Sub-committee
2015 - Present - Coordinator of University of Utah Year-round and Summer
Intensive Recruitment National Audition Tour.
2016 - School of Dance Health and Wellness Task Force
2016 - Technique Sub-Committee - Ballet
2016 - Programming Sub-Committee for the Ballet Program
2014 - 2015 - Department of Ballet - IMAGINE U ad campaign.
Organized and was filmed in a ballet segment representing the Department of Ballet
2012 - 2015 Undergraduate Student Advisor
2011 - 2015 - U of U/Ballet West Summer Intensive National Audition Tour-
Recruiting-Washington, D.C., NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, LA, SLC.
2014 - Search Committee Member for the Department of Ballet’s Assistant
Professor Lecture
2013 - 2014 – Life-Credit Committee - Revamping policy for professional
Life-credit in the Ballet Program
2013-2014 - International Faculty Exchange - Hosted and Mentored Faculty
member from Beijing Dance Academy
2012 - Authored the Ballet Program’s Steps of Study
2012 - Committee for the department reappointments of Auxiliary faculty.
2012 - MCD Performance Scheduling Committee - Ballet Faculty Representative,
2012 - College Fair - Boca Ballet, Boca Raton, Florida Recruiting
2012 - Ballet Ensemble-Co-Director
2012 - Ballet MFA Graduate Thesis Committee
Community
2016 - 2017 - School Community Council - Highland High School
2014 - Present - Governing Board of Salt Lake Arts Academy
2015 - Advisory Committee for Ballet West Academy’s School Director Search
2014 - Hosted, audited and proctored the Pre-Primary-3 ABT NTC at the
University of Utah
Research______________________________________________
Choreography
2015 - Defilé - For Ballet Rincon, Tucson, Arizona
2013 - Cello Concerto – Bach - BYU Advanced Summer Intensive
Staging
2019 – Assisted Susan Jaffe’s Carmina Terra – Utah Ballet
2018 - Assisted Bruce Mark’s La Fille Mal Gardee - Utah Ballet
2017 - Val Caniparoli’s Book Of Alleged Dances pas, “She’s So Fine” - Utah
Ballet
2016 - Val Caniparoli’s Book Of Alleged Dances pas, “She’s So Fine” - Ruud
Dances
2016 - Michel Fokine’s Les Sylphides – Utah Ballet
2015 - Val Caniparoli’s Bow Out – Utah Ballet
2014 - Jack Carter’s Grand Pas des Fiancées - Utah Ballet
2014 - Assisted Rene Daveluy on his Coppélia - Utah Ballet
2014 - Artistic Director of Utah Ballet - Coppélia
2013 - Assisted Zippora Karz on George Balanchine’s Serenade - Utah Ballet
2013 - Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellia’s-final Pdd-Ballet West Trainees
2012 - Michel Fokine’s Les Sylphides - Utah Ballet
2011 - Val Caniparoli’s Lamberena- Sections for the University of Utah
2010 - The Sleeping Beauty – Grand Pas de Deux – Utah Ballet
Pas de Trois
1995 - Val Caniparoli’s Lamberena for Pacific Northwest Ballet
Professional Experience__________________________________
1987-2005 - Artist with Ballet West.
1993-2005 - Principal Artist
Working under two Artistic Directors over the course of 18 years, I toured nationally and internationally performing on such stages as The Kennedy Center, Wolftrap and Art Park in New York as well as at the Edinburgh Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. I premiered numerous ballets as well as had a variety of original works created on me, both classical and contemporary.
Principal Roles
Jonas Kåge‘s staging
Swan Lake Odette/Odile-SLC Premiere
Giselle Giselle-World Premiere
The Sleeping Beauty Aurora-World Premiere
Ben Stevenson
Cinderella Cinderella
Coppelia Swanhilda-SLC Premiere
Alice in Wonderland Tiger Lily-SLC Premiere
Val Caniparoli
Lady of the Camellias Olympe-SLC Premiere
Marguerite
Book of Alleged Dances Premiered the duet
Lamberena Leading Dancer-SLC Premier
Prawn Watching Premiered/Leading Dancer
Death and the Maiden The Maiden
Eddy Toussaint
Bonjour Brel SLC Premiere
Requiem SLC Premiere
Andre Prokovsky
Anna Karenina Anna Karenina
Balanchine
Theme and Variations, Allegro Brilliante,
The 4 Temperaments’, Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto,
Who Cares, Divertimento #15
William Forsythe
In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated SLC Premier
Hans Van Manen
Polish Pieces SLC Premier, 2002 Cultural Olympiad
Black Cake SLC Premier
In and Out SLC Premier
Ted Brandsen
Bridge Variations
Bach Moves SLC Premier
Guest Artist
2000 - Guangzhou Ballet, Guangzhou, China - First International Guest Artist Anna Karenina
1997 - International Gala in Sarasota, Florida for Sarasota Ballet
Bonjour Brel
1997 - 150 year Celebration of the Statehood of Utah in the Delta Center before 24,000 people.
1997-2005 - Nationally- Sugar Plum Fairy
Ballet West Summer Intensive
Faculty Liason between Ballet West Academy and the University of Utah for the Ballet West And University of Utah Summer Intensive since 2011 . Maintaining the relationship between the U and Ballet West is vital.