2024-2025

Officers

Ellie Broadbent

President

Ellie Broadbent (President, Senior, 3rd Year Member)
Ellie has loved being a part of dance company at Bingham High School. Ellie has cherished all the memories she made with this team and is grateful for how each and every one of these girls has shaped her into the person she is today. Ellie is forever grateful to Gina and Lori for putting her on this team sophomore year and allowing her to begin this amazing journey of being on Dance Co. Ellie started dancing at age 2 at Vision Dance and Learning Center. Ellie has trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, tap, and many others. When Ellie isn’t dancing, she’s usually spending time with her friends or sleeping. Ellie is grateful to all her teachers, family members and friends for always supporting her and encouraging her. After High School Ellie hopes to attend medical school to become a pediatric surgeon at the University of Utah.

Lindy Hedman

Vice President

Lindy Hedman (Vice President, Senior, 3rd Year Member)
Lindy grew up dancing, starting at the age of 3. She has danced at Local Motion Dance Studio and most recently at Empower Dance Academy. Lindy has trained in many styles of dance including Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Hip Hop, Pointe, Modern, Musical Theater, and Lyrical. She loves Tap, Hip Hop, and Contemporary the most, but loves it all. Lindy wants to be a Dentist one day and is planning on attending Utah State next fall. She is currently working towards being a certified Dental Assistant. In her free time Lindy enjoys being outside, spending time with family, and hanging out with friends. She has loved making new memories and friendships throughout this year! Lindy is grateful to her teachers, teammates, parents, and siblings for supporting her and helping her reach this goal of becoming a member of Bingham Dance Company! Lindy is so thankful for the 3 years of love this team has given her. She loves her team more than anything and is so grateful to dance with all of them!

Baylee Bowen

Officer

Baylee Bowen (Officer, Senior, 3rd Year Member)
Baylee has loved continuing her dance journey on BHDC this year! Baylee is proud to be a former member at Empower Dance Academy, where she trained for 4 years prior to making dance company her sophomore year. She also attended Gravity Dance Center in her early years. She has experience in all genres such as Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Tap, and Pointe. Baylee loves spending time with family and friends. She enjoys playing the piano and listening to music. She would like to give a big shout out to her parents, Brady and Cassidee, for all their love and support. She would also like to thank all of her past dance teachers who have pushed her to be her best. She has made so many memories and strong relationships with all the girls on her team. She loves each and every one of them and can’t wait to dance with her best friends on stage one last time!

Georgia Dalton

Officer

Georgia Dalton (Officer, Senior, 2nd Year Member)
Georgia loves Dance Company and is so grateful to be part of such an amazing team that has brought so much joy into her life! She is also beyond excited and thankful to serve this team as an officer. Georgia started dancing at the age of 2 at Vision Dance and Learning Center. She has trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, lyrical, musical theater, pointe, tap, and hip hop. Her time competing with her studio was definitely a highlight of her life and started her love for dance. When Georgia isn’t dancing, she is hanging out with friends, traveling, spending time outside, and painting nails. Georgia is so grateful for her current and past coaches, and her family that have gotten her where she is today. She has found her second family on Dance Company and it is her favorite thing in the whole world! The memories that her and her teammates make will last a lifetime! She is so proud to be on this team! After high school Georgia plans to become a nail tech and hopefully continue dancing!

Avery Seare

Officer

Avery Seare (Officer, Senior, 3rd Year Member)
Avery has absolutely loved being a member of Dance Company. The girls Avery has met through Dance Company have become her very best friends! She has met such amazing girls and is so grateful for the growth it has brought to her dancing. Avery has put a lot of time and effort into dancing and has learned how to express herself through different styles of dance. She has been competitive dancing since she was 8. Her training came from Empower Dance Academy where she has learned all different genres including Lyrical, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Pointe and Tap. Avery is so excited to be a part of the Bingham High Dance Company!When Avery isn’t dancing, she loves hanging out with friends and traveling.

Seniors

Mallika Smith

Mallika Smith (Senior, 3rd Year Member)
Mallika started dancing at the age of 3, training in Ballet, which led her into many other styles like Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Lyrical, Pointe, Acro, etc. She trained at American Expression of Dance where she learned the skills to get her to this point in her life. Being a part of Bingham Dance Company is such an exciting and important experience in her life, and she’s so grateful for the friendships and memories she’s made on this team. She’ll love this team forever and always! Mallika is so grateful for her coaches, parents, friends, teachers, teammates, and everyone else that got her to this point in life and supports her!

Molly South

Molly South (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Molly has had a very fun year being a part of Dance Company. She trained for over 6 years at Empower and Elite dance studios in several different genres. Molly plans to continue her education by attending college after high school graduation where she plans on studying environmental science. Serving a church mission is something she also looks forward to. Molly enjoys traveling, hiking, hanging out with friends, nannying, and cooking. She would like to thank her parents and coaches for all the support they’ve shown her. She has made many fun memories with her friends on dance co and is very thankful for this unique experience.

Juniors

Payton Bullock

Payton Bullock (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Payton is so excited for her 2nd year on BHDC and can’t wait for all the opportunities it will bring her! Payton grew up training at Empower Dance Academy and also trained with many other professional and collegiate dancers. She has loved being able to perform with dance co and is so grateful for her teammates. She is also excited to not only be a part of BHDC but also Bingham’s ballroom team! She’s trained in every dance style you can imagine, her favorite being hip hop or contemporary. Payton loves Taylor Swift, Reese’s peanut butter cups and dancing. She likes to read and spend time with her family and friends. She has been inspired by many dancers, including Ashlee Briggs, Lauren Billings, and Abby Gray. She is grateful for her parents who support her through her dance career and for her coaches who always believe in her!

Bevyn Deus

Bevyn Deus (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Bevyn started dancing at the age of 6, and mostly trained at Empower. She learned all kinds of styles including jazz, contemporary hip hop ballet and many more. Bevyn enjoys hiking with friends, working at Roxberry Juice Co, and watching the movie Twilight. She is so happy to be a part of Dance Company, and is so grateful to all her past coaches and parents for making it all possible.

Olivia Harrell

Olivia Harrell (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Livy is so grateful to be a part of Bingham Dance Company for another year. Livy started as a competition dancer at the age of 3 with Synergy Dance Academy. She loves learning all different styles from tap and pointe to contemporary and acro. She has even had the opportunity to take a choreography intensive from Lindsay Folkman, and loves using these skills to perform with BHDC. She is so excited to get to know her new team and create new memories with this amazing team!

Katie Johnson

Katie Johnson (Junior, 1st Year Member)
Katie is super excited to be on Dance Company this year! She is very grateful for this amazing opportunity to dance on BHDC with the most amazing girls. Katie started dancing when she was 3 at American Expressions of Dance (AED). She’s trained in all styles of dance but her favorite is hip hop and contemporary. Outside of dance, Katie enjoys baking and spending time with her family and friends. Katie wants to thank her coaches at AED and her parents for always supporting her and making this possible! Katie is so excited for this year and all the fun memories she is going to make on BHDC!

Addison Thompson

Addi Thompson (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Addi is very excited to be a part of Binghams Dance Company this year! She started dancing at 2 years old and her home studio was Synergy Dance Academy. She loves dancing with all her heart, she invites all styles of dance and loves them all. Her favorites however are Contemporary and Hip Hop. Outside of the studio Addi loves to paint and bake with friends and family. Addi is very grateful for all of her team members and all of her memories she has made with this team and cannot wait for more to come!

Oakley Vance

Oakley Vance (Junior, 1st Year Member)
Oakley is so excited to be a part of Bingham dance company this year! Oakley has been dancing from the age of 3 and has learned all kinds of genres, including; Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary and Lyrical. Most of her training has come from Local Motion dance studio but she also danced at Synergy and UDA when she was younger. Other than dancing, Oakley loves hanging out with her friends, listening to music and watching movies. She is so excited to get to know her teammates this year and create new life long friendships and memories. Oakley is so grateful for her coaches for pushing her hard, and all the help and support they have given her to help her succeed in dance. Oakley also wants to give a shout out to her parents and family for all of the love and support they have given her on her dance journey!

Kimora Webster

Kimora Webster (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Kimora has had such a wonderful experience on Dance company the past two years. She loved making connections with all of the amazing and hardworking girls. She loves all the fun choreography the dance company gets and loves performing. Kimora's journey started off at LiveWire Dance and Tumbling at the age of 6 and has been there since last year. She has trained in most genres of dance and Hip Hop is her favorite. She loved competing and going to the conventions. In Kimora’s free time she loves to go on walks and hikes. She also loves to hangout with her friends and socialize. Kimora wants to thank her Mom and Dad, her teachers, her friends, coaches, and her old studio who have all made this possible for her. Dance is Kimora's favorite thing to do in this whole world and she's so happy that she gets to dance with this amazing team. Kimora is so excited to have another amazing year with this team!!

Sophomores

Keyella Bennett

Keyella Bennett (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Keyella is so excited to be on Dance Company this year! Keyella has been dancing for almost 14 years. She started dancing when she was 2 years old at Maximum Dance. She started competitive dance at 4 and has trained in Jazz, Hiphop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap, and Ballet. Keyella has always loved dancing, although when she was really little she was really scared to perform, she has broken through that shell and loves performing so much. Keyella has many nicknames, some of her favorites being Kiki, Ki, and Kella. Some hobbies she has other than dance is Cooking, Baking, and Drawing. She would like to thank her parents for supporting her in this sport. She would also like to thank her sister and all of her coaches for pushing her to become the best she can be. Keyella is ecstatic for this year and all the opportunities she will have with this team!

Jordyn Erickson

Jordyn Erickson (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Jordyn is so excited for the opportunity to be a part of dance co this year! She started dancing at 3 years old at local motion dance studio. She trained in jazz, tap, contemporary, hip hop and many more. Jordyn has loved dancing and moving ever since she was little, it’s one of her biggest passions. When she’s not dancing she’s hanging out with friends and family. She wants to thank her parents and previous coaches for pushing her and believing in her to keep going but most importantly Gina and Lori for giving her the opportunity to be on this team. She can’t wait for the opportunities and memories this year with this team she loves so much already! She is so excited to be part of this team!

Sophie Johnson

Sophie Johnson (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Sophie is so excited to be a part of Dance Company! Sophie started dancing at the age of 3 at Rocky Mountain Dance. She has had the opportunity to learn many different styles of dance including; ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, ballroom, tap, musical theater, and modern. Sophie has always loved dancing from tik tok dances to choreographed routines. She’s always moving! Sophie has enjoyed making so many friends and loves all the great memories they have made.

Alexa Knadler

Alexa Knadler (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Alexa is so excited to be on Dance Co this year! She started dancing when she was 3 at Rocky Mountain Dance and has loved every minute of it! She trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop. Alexa loves to read and spend time with her family and friends. She would like to thank her family and all of her dance teachers for pushing her to be better. Alexa is so excited for an amazing year with dance co!

Rhiannon Mandado

Rhiannon Mandado (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Rhiannon was so thrilled when she found out she made Bingham Dance Company. She decided she wanted to start dancing seriously at the age of six when she asked her mom to take a dance class. She started with ballet and jazz at Pas De Deux. Rhiannon discovered her love for contemporary, hip hop, lyrical, and modern at C&C Ballet Academy. Outside of dance she enjoys sleeping, hanging out with her friends and family, coloring, and shopping. Rhiannon’s so grateful for all of her past coaches, friends, and family for encouraging her to do anything she wanted; but most importantly her parents for believing in her since the beginning. She’s so happy for this opportunity and the memories ahead.

Emily Neilson

Emily Neilson (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Emily is so excited to be on Bingham Dance Co this year! Emily danced at Emotion when she was 2 until she was about 4. She stopped dancing for a couple years to do soccer. While she was on the soccer field, all she would do was dance and do tricks on the field! When she was 8 she started to dance competitively at Empower. Emily has been doing all styles of dance ever since she started competing. She loves all styles but her favorite is jazz or jazz funk.

Sophia Nelson

Sophia Nelson (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Sophia is so excited to be on Bingham Dance Co! She started dancing when she was 3, and she danced at UDA for 9 years. Her last few years of studio dancing have been at Project Dance. Sophia has done all styles of dance including ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, modern, lyrical, ballroom, etc. She loves all of them, but her favorite styles are contemporary and hip hop. Sophia also loves spending time with her friends and family, listening to music, reading, and being outdoors. She loves to dance and is excited for dance company this year!

Avery Reid

Avery Reid (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)Avery has enjoyed her experience on the team this year! Dance Company has given her the amazing opportunity to create friendships, increase her passion for dance and be a contributing part of a team! Avery has been dancing since the age of three. Learning many styles of dance such as ballet, lyrical, hip hop, jazz and contemporary. She would like to give a shout out to her amazing studio, Synergy Dance Academy, along with her amazing coaches throughout the years. Avery loves swig, tacos, and fashion. She would like to thank her parents, grandparents, family and friends for giving their unwavering support. Special thanks to Lori and Gina for their encouragement!

Ellie Sintz

Ellie Sintz (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)Ellie is so very excited to be on binghams dance co this year! Ellie started doing dance at 3 years old at local motion and she has danced there till 8th grade. For 9th grade she then switched to Project Dance for the last year before high school. Ellie has trained in jazz, ballroom, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, ballet, modern, and so forth. Ellie has had so much fun with dance co this year already! Like USA camp, the summer practices, football halftimes, and just the whole shabang. Some of the things Ellie does outside of dance include hanging out, boating, traveling, fishing, and some shopping. Ellie wants to thank her mom and dad because none of this would be possible without them. Ellie would also want to thank our coaches for this opportunity and experience, lastly Ellie wants to thank all of the dance co for making this the best part of high school.

Molly Scott

Molly Scott (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Molly is very excited to have the opportunity to be on dance company this year! She has loved dance ever since she was little, and has been dancing at American Expression of Dance since she was 2. Molly has trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, tap, pointe, and has been on a competition team for the past six years. Molly is so excited to be on this amazing team and to make many new memories with them. She is so grateful to all of her dance teachers and coaches that have helped her throughout the years, but especially thankful to her parents for supporting her through it all. Molly is absolutely thrilled for the upcoming years on dance company!

Amber Sumsion

Amber Sumsion (Sophomore, 1st Year Member)
Amber is thrilled she has the opportunity to be a part of Bingham Dance Company! She started dancing when she was 3 years old at Local Motion Dance Studio. She is trained in the styles of jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, and lyrical. Amber has always loved to dance and has found it to be one of her favorite things to do! Outside of dance Amber loves to read, run, be outside, and spend time with her friends and family. She would like to thank her parents and siblings for always supporting her and coming to her performances! She would also like to thank her teammates for being her biggest cheerleaders and best friends. Last of all she would like to thank all of her teachers for getting her to where she is now. Especially Gina and Lori for all of their time and support!