Derryl Yeager, Founder and Artistic Director of Odyssey Dance Theatre Shares his Journey through Dance in Stage, Film and TV

DERRYL YEAGER

Founder and Artistic Director of Odyssey Dance Theatre

As a professional dancer for over two decades, Derryl Yeager has had experience in every style and medium. He received his BFA and MFA degrees at the University of Utah while becoming a principal dancer with Ballet West. He then went on to perform in the Broadway Shows A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, and Cats and has appeared in numerous TV and Film projects that include Staying Alive, She’s Having a Baby, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, A More Perfect Union, Moonlighting, The Tracy Ullman Show, The Young and the Restless, and General Hospital.

As a Choreographer and Director he has worked professionally from Ballet to Broadway, Film, Music Videos, and numerous Television Shows. He has taught at two major universities and was Artistic Director of the BYU Theatre Ballet for 2 years. He has choreographed numerous successful ballets for several professional companies and has been the production choreographer for the Utah Shakespeare Festival - winner of the Tony Award for best regional theatre in the year 2000—as well as Director/Choreographer of many Tuacahn productions.

As Founder and Artistic Director of Odyssey Dance Theatre, he brings all of his talents and experience to bear to create an exciting, innovative, and entertaining company that produces works that range from the timely to the timeless.

Training: 

BFA (Magna Cum Laude), MFA (Summa Cum Laude)- University of Utah, American Conservatory Theatre - San Francisco, ABC Television Actor’s Workshop & Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop - LA, Voice - Seth Riggs, Ballet West Principal Dancer - 6 yrs, 25 years as professional Singer/Dancer/Actor 

Performer: 

Film - A More Perfect Union, She’s Having A Baby, Staying Alive, When the Heat Hits the Street, How Rare a Possession, The Lamb of God, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Limit Up 

Television - Touched by An Angel, Crossroads, Boys of Twighlight, Fame, Days of Our Lives, Tracy Ullman Show, Coach, Moonlighting, For the Love of My Daughter, The Young and the Restless, The Stand, Hardcastle & McCormick, General Hospital, A Whole Lot Of Fun, Soup to Nuts, The Music of Your Life, Rodney Dangerfield Special, Country Jamboree, Steppin’ Out, Universal Studios Grand Opening Celebration, The Rose Parade

Broadway Theatre - A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Cats, Shenendoah, Oklahoma!, Cinderella 

Nightclub - Mary Hart, Carol Lawrence, The Horn, Gardenia, Carlos and Charlies, The Saraha, The Mint, The Golden Nugget, The Desert Inn

Industrial - LA Gear World Tour with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dominos Pizza, Ford, Dihatsu, Reebok, Kohler, Fila, Levis, Novell 

Commercials - Broadway, Rogaine with Karl Malone

Director/Choreographer:

Coca-Cola - 2002 Olympics, The Dance, Tahitian Noni Industrial, USANA Convention, Tuacahn Amphitheatre: Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2x), Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Little Mermaid

Choreographer:

Television - The Stand, Young and the Restless, The Bold and The Beautiful, Steppin’ Out, Country Jamboree, Touched by An Angel

Film - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, The Great American West, When the Heat Hits the Street 

Music Video - Stevie Nicks, Julio Iglesias, Paul Anka, I Don’t Like Peanuts 

Ballet - Promenades, Punch & Judy, Enya Variations, Saxon Suite, Flight of Icarus, Fresh Aire, Catfish Row, Windchimes, Jelly Roll Blues, Reebach Revival, Dreamtime USA, The Steadfast Tin Sol

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