Artistic Staff

Jennie Creer-King (Founder) is an accomplished professional dancer, teacher, choreographer and mentor. She danced professionally with Ballet West under the direction of John Hart from 1990-1994 in the corps de ballet. She also danced professionally with Oregon Ballet Theatre under the direction of James Canfield from 1994-1997 as a soloist and principal dancer. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994 and a Master of Fine Art in 1999 from the University of Utah Ballet Department. Jennie accepted a tenure track position at Brigham Young University from 1999-2004 as a Professor of Dance in the College of Health and Human Performance. At BYU Jennie was appointed the Artistic Director of Theatre Ballet Company where she taught ballet technique, pointe, variations, and choreographed original works as well as re-staging the classics. Jennie has received various awards for teaching and choreography including the prestigious Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award in 2007 in Washington D.C. and Utah's own Best of State in the category of Best Youth Dance Group 2010 and Choreography category in 2007 and 2008. Jennie was hired as one of two assistant choreographers in the Paralympics Opening ceremonies in 2002 and has been a principal guest artist throughout the mid-west.

Jennie was awarded the title of Mrs. Utah United States in 2005-2006 and focused on the platform of “Enriching the Lives of Children Through the Fine Arts”  She currently coaches and mentors young woman in pageants and is a judge for various organizations across the country.

In September of 2004 Jennie opened Classical Ballet Academy fulfilling her dream of teaching children. She resides with her husband and three boys in Spanish Fork, Utah and is thrilled to be a working artist in Utah.

Jessica Harston Thompson joined Ballet West in 1994 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1999. Principal roles included the title role in Birgit Culbergs's Miss Julie, Sanquinic in George Balanchines the Four Temperments, the Sylph in Peter Schaufuss' La Slyphide, Odette/Odile in Jonas Kage's Swan Lake, Princess Aurora in Kage's Sleeping Beauty, the Sugar Plum Fairy in William Christensen's The Nutcracker as well as the Fairy Godmother and Winter Fairy in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella. Jessica has also been featured in principal roles in the Pas de Deux from Don Quixote, Hans van Manen's Polish Pieces and Black Cake, and Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto.

Jessica retired from Ballet West in 2004 and continues to teach and choreograph. She is married to R. Scott Thompson and they have two daughters, Eva Bell and Marli Jane.

Heather Fryxell (formerly Heather Sanders) was born and raised in Florida. Upon leaving Miami, Ms. Fryxell attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University on a full tuition talent scholarship. During her educational experience, Ms. Fryxell danced extensively with both universities’ dance companies and toured the west as a guest artist. Ms. Fryxell then danced with the Atlanta Ballet before joining Southern Ballet Theatre (currently Orlando Ballet) as a principal dancer. In addition to the positions Ms. Fryxell held a Southern Ballet Theatre, she also created her own dance therapy program in which she volunteered her time to teach dance to developmentally-disabled adults.

In 2000, Ms. Fryxell co-founded the Central Florida Ballet and the Ballet Academy of Central Florida with Vasile Petrutiu. There she taught in the directed the school, directed the student company, developed her dance therapy program, and danced in the professional company. Upon returning to Utah in 2005, Ms. Fryxell began teaching at Ballet West and Wasatch Dance Center.

Ms. Fryxell has danced the leads in all the great classics including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Cinderella, and Swan Lake, among other and she has also performed extensively in contemporary works.

Ms. Fryxell’s teaching career has spanned 3 decades, teaching ballet to students of all ages and skill level at many schools throughout the country. Having also had extensive experience coaching dancers, Mr. Fryxell has had many award-winning students who have won top honors at national and international ballet competitions. Her greatest accomplishment is her twelve-year-old daughter, Emmaline. Ms. Fryxell is pleased to be part of Classical Ballet Academy.

Wilson Domingues performed with the Gulbenkian Ballet, Lisbon, Portugal in Europe for 16 years as a Soloist and toured internationally having had the opportunity of working with some of the most renowned choreographers such as: Paul Taylor, Amanda Miller, Jiri Kylian, Hans Van Manen, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Christopher Bruce, Christopher House, Itzik Galili and Angelin Preljocaj among others. His pieces have been presented in the National Dance Conservatoire of Lisbon – Portugal, having had one of his choreographies inserted in the program of the Lisbon 94 European Capital of Culture, was also invited to create works for the Aveiro Dance Company and The Dance Project in Portugal. Along with a position as a Ballet Teacher in a private school from 2001-2005 also did choreographic work within the school. Wilson is currently a scholarship recipient at UVU and is pursuing his Bachelors of Fine Arts Ballet emphasis. In 2009 was the winner of the professional category of the Choreography Design Project organized by the Utah Regional Ballet. Wilson has had his choreography selected to be presented in the informal concert at the 2009 ACDFA conference. He is presently teaching at BYU and UVU.