Carrie Badeaux

Carrie Badeaux is a choreographer, dancer, and photographer based in Eureka on California's Humboldt County north coast. She directs The Dance Scene Studio, the first dance studio on the north coast, dating to 1942, and serves as artistic director of its performance company, the Sundance Ballet Company, established in 2012 as a DreamMaker project of the Ink People Center for the Arts. She choreographs and produces the company's annual classical and contemporary story ballets, including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Coppélia, and original works built on styles ranging from Cajun waltz to 1930s French-inspired partnering. Badeaux also leads the Dance Scene Photography Exhibition, which pairs dancers with Humboldt County vistas, and her photography has been recognized with the Humboldt Area Foundation's Victor Jacoby Award.