08/06/2026
โจWe are SO excited to welcome Tammy Dyke-Compton to our teaching staffโผ๏ธ
Tamara Dyke-Compton earned her BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School (2003), her MFA in Dance from the University of Arizona School of Dance (2013), and a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate with Flourish Yoga Tucson, AZ. She is a Professor of Dance at the University of Arizona School of Dance, where she teaches jazz and modern technique, choreography, dance pedagogy, dance history, and coordinates the Traveling Dance Ensemble.
An accomplished educator, choreographer, performer, and yoga teacher, Tamara previously served as Graduate Director/Coordinator and Associate Director for the School of Dance. She also serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Summer Programming at Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, after serving as Co-Director of Dance from 2015โ2025.
Tamaraโs professional performance career includes principal roles in the first national Broadway tours of Movinโ Out and Fame, and she has worked with renowned choreographers and performed internationally. Her choreography has been presented throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Her research centers on mindfulness, dancer wellness, yoga, and sustainable training practices. She is the author of The Mindful Dancer: A Dancerโs Guide to Mindfulness, Emotional Resilience, and Artistic Longevity and has received numerous honors for her teaching and scholarship, including the 2026 Extraordinary Faculty Award for Arizona Artsand the Charles and Irene Putnam Excellence in Teaching Award.
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