Meet the Faculty
Betsy Denney
BYU Youth Dancesport Program Director
Betsy Denney has a BA in Dance from Brigham Young University. She is certified with the ISTD in licentiate ballroom and latin. She is an adjunct faculty faculty member in the Dance Department at BYU where she teaches technique classes and coaches one of the performing teams. Betsy is a 2–time United States Amateur Smooth Champion, BYU Amateur Ballroom Champion, United States Youth 10–Dance Champion, and United States Youth Ballroom Champion. She started ballroom dancing on a formation team at the age of 12 and then came to BYU where she had the privilege of touring with the Ballroom Dance Company for 5 years. As a student, she received the top BYU Student Dance Instructor. During that time, she was able to compete with the team in Blackpool, England 2 times. She and her husband Karson also competed professionally in the American Smooth style where they placed in numerous rising star and open professional finals. Betsy started teaching in the BYU Youth program in 2001. She has coached teams at the Pre-Teen, Junior, and Youth levels and now enjoys her role overseeing the Youth Dancesport Program. She loves working with all of the youth and parents in this great program!!!
Karson Denney
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Brittney Wakefield
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Misha Crawford
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Brandon Keck
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Kaylee Patillo
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Julie Peterson
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Sean Moe
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Laurel Hornberger
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