kathie.debenham@uvu.edu
Orem, UT
Kathie Debenham is a Professor of Dance at Utah Valley Uni- versity and a Certified Laban Bartenieff Movement Analyst. In her 21 years at UVU she has served as the founding chair of the UVU Dance Department and created the UVU associates and bachelors degrees in dance, served as Director of Institu- tional Effectiveness and as Associate Dean and Interim Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. She also served as the founding Dean (interim) of the UVU School of the Arts, and for three years as Associate Vice President of Ac- ademic Programs. Prior to coming to UVU she taught in the BYU Dance Department and co-directed the BYU Young DanceMakers.
Kathie also developed pre-K through Upper School curricu- lum for the Waterford and Meridian Schools. She was a Mas- ter Teacher for the Utah Arts Council for many years and taught and performed in Utah public schools. Supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Utah Arts Council, she co-directed Contemporary DANCE- WORKS from 1985-2000, performing and teaching in various venues in Utah and the Midwest. She has published juried articles in both dance and humanities journals and most re- cently co-authored a book chapter in Dance, Somatics and Spirituality — Contemporary Sacred Narratives. Kathie and her husband Pat have enjoyed many years of artistic collabo- ration with family-making at the center of their dance-
making.