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Faculty member in Dance Department to speak at BYU devotional

Marilyn Berrett of Brigham Young University’s Dance Department will be the speaker at the weekly campus devotional Tuesday, June 8, at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

The devotional will be broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels and online at byub.org. Rebroadcast and archive information will be available at byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu.

Berrett teaches courses in dance orientation, improvisation, movement and modern dance at the university. She focuses her teaching and research on elementary-age dance education. She also does field work with teachers and students in elementary schools.

Berrett received the Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Physical Education in 1995. She also authored a number of papers and lessons about elementary-age dance instruction.

She received her bachelor’s degree in dance performance from the University of Utah. Berrett went on to receive her master’s in dance from BYU.

For more information, contact Marilyn Berrett at (801) 422-3346.

Writer: Brandon Garrett

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Photo by Jessica LeBaron/BYU Photo

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