Robyn Adamson - Vice President
Robyn is currently the Vice President of the Academy of Performing Arts, a Utah based non-profit organization, offering Performing Arts training to the general public and specializing in at risk youth. In the last four years, the Academy has provided over $40,000.00 in scholarships to children and teens that might not otherwise have the opportunity to be exposed to or participate in the Performing Arts.

Robyn's experience includes modeling for commercial print, catalogue and runway. She has performed as an on-camera spokesperson, character and lead actress in theatre productions as well as film, having worked with Director/Writer/Producer David Seltzer, actor Gary Oldman, and actor Tom Sizemore. Additional experience includes commercials, television, including the popular show “Touched by an Angel,” and industrial training videos, voiceovers for radio, television and industrial narration, including Zion’s Bank and Franklin/Covey.

Her skills also include fashion and commercial photography, such as T-Mobile, hair, makeup and style for commercials, video, commercial print, and theatre. Choreography, theatrical staging and modeling, and acting instructing for both theatre and film can be added to this list. Robyn has worked as an agent representing models, voiceover talent, kids and actors for over ten years, and currently owns and operates her own Utah based talent agency.

She has also been involved in the film industry as a political advocate of Agency rights and obligations and worked on tax incentives issues as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Association of Utah.

"The only thing that comes close to the art of performing is helping others to realize this same dream."

Visit Robyn's web site: http://www.adamsonphotostudio.com/

Rowland Butler- Dance Director

Rowland Butler, “Mr. Dance” as he is called, celebrates a half-century in the Arts. His many accomplishments include Charter Member of Ballet West, resident choreographer for the Pioneer Memorial Theater, assistant professor in both the Ballet and Theater Departments at the University of Utah, and owner of Butler Dance Academy. He has been a guest performer and instructor in the United States, South America, and Asia.

Mr. Butler’s credits as a director/choreographer are too numerous to list. They include all performing arts and entertainment fields. His students have performed in on and off- Broadway productions, movies, Las Vegas shows, and road companies in such productions as Cats, A Chorus Line, and Les Misérables as well as on TV. In the last five years he has taught at Tuacahn and Salt Lake High School for the Performing Arts. At Tuacahn, as Dance Director, he established a department that produced two Regional Sterling Scholars in dance, one in 2003-2004 and another in 2004-2005. In this capacity he was the first professional to be awarded an Eminence Teacher Certification by the Utah State Board of Education.

This year, fifteen of Rowland’s high school students can be seen in High School Musical 2 and one student was just selected to join Odyssey’s Junior Dance Company.

Rowland still performs occasionally. For the last two years he has performed with Odyssey Dance Company’s production, It’s a Wonderful Life, creating the role of Clarence.

Rowland will start teaching at the Academy of Performing Arts on September 10th. He will teach a limited number of classes Monday through Thursday. Students interested in studying with Mr. Butler should contact the Academy immediately.

Pat Barnett- Treasurer
Pat is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Salt Lake Senior Theatre and Music Director for the Academy of Performing Arts. She teaches acting at Senior Centers in Salt Lake County. Pat is a retired teacher of 25 years in California. Michigan, Virginia, and Utah. She was a general classroom teacher of Grades k-8, a Music Specialist and Reading Specialist. For the past 29 years she has worked as a Sales Representative, Consultant, and Music Editor for a textbook publisher. She has sung professionally and conducted choirs everywhere she has lived. She has worked in the modeling/acting industry for over 20 years.