Sandra Emile established the Cache Valley Civic Ballet in 1982. Graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts, she apprenticed with the American Ballet Theatre before coming to Logan. She has directed the ongoing production of The Nutcracker and many other full-length story ballets.
Sandy also began the Cache Valley Civic Ballet-School in 1986, where she could fulfill her love of teaching. She is accredited in the Cecchetti and Vaganova methods, and in the Paris Opera Ballet Syllabus. Her students have been accepted at many university dance programs and professional companies (e.g. Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Houston Ballet, Austin Ballet, Boston Ballet, American School of Ballet, International Summer School Italia, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Hawaii, University of Utah, Southern Utah University, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, Utah State University, University of Wyoming, and more.).
Jaime Lindley is an original member of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet. She studied with Joan Vendell, Sandra Emile, Maggi Moar, Burch Mann, and Marsha Fay Knight. She has performed many lead roles for the Cache Valley Civic Ballet and has performed with dancers of the American Folk Ballet in the Festival of the American West. Her ongoing training has included DanceWest Workshop, the National Regional Ballet Conference in Richland, Washing, Snowy Range Summer Dance Workshop for Teachers in Laramie, Wyoming, Finis Jhung’s “Teaching what Matters Most” workshop in New York City. She is also certified in teaching PBT Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). Jaime has been intricately involved in all aspects of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet over the last four decades.