Meet the Faculty
Brittney Wakefield
BYU Youth Dancesport Program Director & Youth A Team Director
Brittney is originally from Orem, Utah and started ballroom dancing at the age of twelve in the BYU Youth Ballroom Program. She grew up competing on the Youth Teams, as well as competing in all styles individually. One of her greatest competitive achievements was winning the U.S. Youth National Ten Dance Title and U.S. Youth American Title in 2002. She danced on the BYU Tour Team in college and toured the United States, South Pacific, Ukraine, Western Europe and Asia.
She met her husband, Craig, when they were on the BYU Youth Dancesport Junior B Team at age 12. Brittney and Craig directed the Timpview High School Ballroom Program for two years growing it to more than 250 students including 6 competitive formation teams, several of which placed in the top five in Division I of the National Dancesport Championships. She is ISTD Licentiate certified in Ballroom & Latin styles of dance. Brittney has coached 5 out of the 6 Junior & Youth teams in our program during the past nine years of coaching in the Youth Program, and has coached the Junior A Team to several National Championship titles.
In addition to ballroom, Brittney has coached multiple genres of dance/tumbling for the past twelve years, teaching preschool students through adult. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University in Marriage/Family/Human Development and has taken numerous courses focusing on child psychology and development. Brittney is entering her tenth year of working in the Youth Program and loves working with all of the dancers and families every year.
She met her husband, Craig, when they were on the BYU Youth Dancesport Junior B Team at age 12. Brittney and Craig directed the Timpview High School Ballroom Program for two years growing it to more than 250 students including 6 competitive formation teams, several of which placed in the top five in Division I of the National Dancesport Championships. She is ISTD Licentiate certified in Ballroom & Latin styles of dance. Brittney has coached 5 out of the 6 Junior & Youth teams in our program during the past nine years of coaching in the Youth Program, and has coached the Junior A Team to several National Championship titles.
In addition to ballroom, Brittney has coached multiple genres of dance/tumbling for the past twelve years, teaching preschool students through adult. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University in Marriage/Family/Human Development and has taken numerous courses focusing on child psychology and development. Brittney is entering her tenth year of working in the Youth Program and loves working with all of the dancers and families every year.
Julie began her ballroom dance career at BYU and toured with the Ballroom Dance Company for two years which included competing at the British Formation Championships in Blackpool, England. She was a four-time undefeated Amateur Standard Champion at BYU and also a two-time United States standard finalist. While at BYU, she served as the company’s president and also received the highest Gold Bar Standard Medal’s Exam score earned at the University. She and her partner then went on to be placed in the top-twelve in the Professional Rising Star Standard Division. She and her husband owned a dance studio where their teams earned multiple National titles. In their last, year they prepared 11 medleys to compete at United States National competition. She is thrilled to be a part of the BYU Youth Dancesport Program.
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Nathan is from Provo, Utah and has been dancing ballroom ever since he was twelve years old. After 2 years in a school dance program, he joined BYU Youth Dancesport and danced there for 4 years. After this, he went to BYU where he participated as a member of the Ballroom Dance Touring Company for 4 years. He was able to travel with the team around the United Sates, England, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium, and Germany in addition to competing at Blackpool becoming a British Latin Formation Champion in 2019. Also during his time on the team he was the co-president of the Ballroom Dance Company for 2 years and selected to represent BYU at the Chinese Vienna Ball in Austria in 2020. He has also competed individually in the Ballroom, Smooth, and Latin styles where he has been a US National Amateur Smooth Finalist multiple times. In addition to dancing, he graduated BYU with a degree in Experience Design and Management with a minor in ballroom dance. Nathan loves formation dancing and is very excited to be a part of the BYU Youth Dancesport Program this year!
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Brandon Keck
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Logan Barnes
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Kaylee Patillo
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Kim Friess
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Sean Moe
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Laurel Hornberger
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