Breanna Lengyel

Assistant Creative Director, Choreographer, and Dancer

Breanna Lengyel is a health and wellness coach, specializing in mindfulness meditation and yoga. She has managed a variety of yoga programs at studios & other venues around Flagstaff, and provides private and small group coaching sessions in different styles of yoga & meditation, as well as beginning level dance & acro yoga. Originally from California, Breanna received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego and enjoys helping others process their feelings and/or trauma through movement. Breanna has been dancing a variety of styles off-and-on since she was fifteen years old, including ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop, but fell in love with contemporary-modern as an adult dancer, for its freedom of expression. In addition to managing the company, Breanna is also the Vice President on the Board of Directors for Canyon Movement Company.

Natalie Jones

Dancer & Choreographer

Natalie Jones is currently a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the department of Astronomy and Planetary Science at Northern Arizona University. She grew up in Gainesville, FL and received her BA in Geology at the University of Pennsylvania. She started dancing at age 3 and trained primarily in ballet and jazz until college, where she fell in love with modern dance.  She first joined Canyon Movement Company in 2017. In addition to acting as the President of the Board, she also dances and choreographs with CMC.

Moriah Heberer

Dancer & Choreographer

Moriah Heberer started dancing at age three in her hometown of Post Falls, Idaho. She danced at Expressions School of Performing Arts through age 18, and was a member of their competitive team for 11 years. Throughout her first years of college she performed in the dance ensemble for a handful of theatre shows, and then finished out college at Boise State University where she earned a Bachelors in Media Production and a Minor in Dance. After college, Moriah returned to her home studio as a coach and a choreographer, teaching multiple styles including Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, Contemporary, and Hip Hop. During her time coaching, she also got the opportunity to choreograph for a Radio City Rockettes inspired Christmas show. She then moved to Flagstaff in August 2024 where she joined Canyon Movement Company. Moriah is so grateful to be a part of CMC and have an outlet to continue dancing and creating!

Madeline Tilley

Dancer & Choreographer

Madeline Tilley was born and raised in North Carolina. She has been dancing since the age of three and has never stopped moving. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts (now UNCSA), where she studied contemporary dance throughout high school.
She continued to perform with the dance department at Appalachian State University were she graduated with her BS in Nursing and BA in Spanish. 
Her husband and she landed in Flagstaff, AZ on a travel nurse assignment a fell in love with Northern AZ! Her journey in healthcare continued at Grand Canyon University, where she received her Master of Science in Nursing. Today, she is proud to serve as a family nurse practitioner in Primary Care in Flagstaff, Arizona.
She has performed in guest pieces in 2 other CMC shows in the past and is excited to officially be a member of the company this year.

Gina Darlington

Founder & Executive Director

Gina has traveled to Ireland, Italy, Cuba, and throughout the southwestern United States, where she and the company have performed and taught. She has performed in multiple dance companies in Utah, Missouri, Nebraska, and Arizona. Gina was an Artist-in-Residence for the state of Arizona for several years & was the Director of Canyon Dance Academy in Flagstaff, AZ for twenty years. She was on faculty at Coconino Community College for twenty-three years and was also a guest teacher at the American College Dance Festival. Gina choreographed for Northern Arizona University Theater. She received her dance degree from Brigham Young University. Gina is also on the board of the Arizona Dance Coalition.  She served on the Arizona Department of Education (DOE) Committee to re-write the Arts Standards, and the Arizona DOE National Content Review Committee for Arts Assessments.  Gina keeps busy with her family including her fifteen beautiful grand-kids.

Founding Co-Director, Emeritus

Jayne Lee has choreographed more than 100 dances for companies worldwide. Trained as a dancer in London at Julliard, she danced and choreographed for London Contemporary Dance Theatre for 10 years and toured internationally. Jayne co-founded and co-directs both Human Nature Dance Theatre and Canyon Movement Company. Jayne was an associate faculty member at Coconino Community College and she choreographs regularly for Northern Arizona University’s theatre department. Jayne is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® with a private practice in Flagstaff, AZ. She served on the Board of Grand Canyon River Guides for years & still works on the river in the summers.

Kristen McBride

Founding Co-Director, Emeritus

Kristen McBride is a founding member of Canyon Movement Company. She has danced with several modern dance companies & choreographers, including Funhouse Movement Theatre, Semaphore ZUZI! Move IT!, and with Liz Casebolt & Carly Condor. She was a guest choreographer for “Poetry in Motion” in Wexford, Ireland in 1997. Kristen received a Masters in Range Science and Management from the University of Arizona in 2001 and now works with her husband Scotty, for the US National Forest Service in Bend, Oregon.

Amanda Kapp

Video Dance Creator

Amanda Kapp danced with Canyon Movement Company for several years before developing an interest in creating video dance.  Her recent piece “Sequential” won Audience Choice for the Northern Arizona Film Festival and has been shown in film and dance festivals across Arizona as well as at the International Dance Film Festival in Burgundy, France.  She is extremely appreciative of all the support and creative nurturing from CMC across the years.