. . . . . . Amanda Sowerby is co-founder of Paradigm Dance Project (PDP); a Salt Lake area dance organization devoted to bringing dance to diverse populations within the community. She is an adjunct professor of dance at Weber State University and is a Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Utah. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute for the Arts in 1990. Previous to entering graduate school Amanda worked for several years with the Gary Palmer Dance Company in California's Bay Area. It was with GPDC that she performed, choreographed and taught both nationally and internationally. Amanda assisted the company's artistic director in setting new and repertory pieces on the Ballet Nacional Del Peru and El Ballet Nacional Chileano. During those years Amanda also assisted in the implementation of GPDC's outreach program that brought dance to children with special needs. During her years in California Amanda performed and collaborated with many artists. Her work with Enrico Labayen's Lab Projekt; USA and Yasmen Metah's California Contemporary Dancers provided numerous performing opportunities. Amanda's own choreographic work was featured at Studio 4, Dance Mission, 66 And a Half Sanchez, Diesel Cathedral and Theatre Artaud. It is Amanda's hope to continue working with artists of all avenues. In that endeavor her intent is to create contemporary works that can speak to members of the community while bringing the joy of dance to those in society that do not readily have access to the art form.