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Faculty Member

Amy Markgraf

Biography

Amy Markgraf, MFA, is a Professor of Dance and Dance Education Program Coordinator at Utah Valley University. An award-winning choreographer and nationally recognized educator, she specializes in modern/contemporary dance, pedagogy, kinesiology, and conditioning.

Education

MFA, University of Utah, 2000

Major: Dance

MA, Brigham Young University, 1999

Major: Dance

BS, Utah State University, 1993

Major: Dance/Biology

Teaching

DANC 3400

Dance in the Elementary School, Fall 2025

DANC 3450

Modern/Contemporary Dance Teaching Methods, Fall 2025

DANC 2430R

Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory Level II /Semester I, Fall 2025

DANC 3410R

Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory Level III/ Semester I, Fall 2025

DANC 4410R

Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory Level IV/Semester I, Fall 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Fall 2025

DANC 3680

Dance Kinesiology, Spring 2025

DANC 4430

Dance Teaching Practicum, Spring 2025

DANC 342R

Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory Level III/ Semester II, Spring 2025

Presentations

Markgraf, Amy (Co-Presenter), Donohue, Sarah (Co-Presenter), BTS Arts Dance Educators_ Circles of Thinking, "The Pedagogy of Play", BYU and Beverly Taylor Sorenson, BYU. (September 20, 2024)
Markgraf, Amy (Other), Array, Array , dance and the Child international Conference I for Imagination, Improvisation, Inclusion, Identity, Intelligence and Interdisciplinarity, "Getting your Groove On_ A Playful Take on the Art of Dance through Harvard Zero’s Pedagogy of Play ", daCi, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (July 7, 2024)