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Arrington, Gigi, 1956-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1956-

Biography

Gigi Arrington (born 1956) is a dance instructor, education specialist, and granddaughter of Algie Eggertsen Ballif.

Gigi Arrington was born to Provo attorney George Eggertsen Ballif in around 1956 and was the granddaughter of Algie Eggertsen Ballif. She graduated with her bachelor's in University Studies from Brigham Young University in 1977, and after marrying her husband David Lees Arrington in 1978, worked on her masters degree in Dance until 1983. During her time at BYU she also served as a member of the Dance faculty from 1981 to 1984. Once she graduated, she taught in various institutions including the University of Nevada System, the Rice-Woodbury Dance Company, and Arizona State University. She has also served as the board president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Utah.

Citation:
Ancestry.com, March 17, 2016 (Georganne Ballif Arrington; Georganne Ballif; b. 1956; attended BYU in 1976; m. 1978 to David Lees Arrington)

BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications wiki, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2016 (Georganne Arrington; bachelor's in 1977, master's in Dance in 1983; worked at BYU Dance faculty, 1981-1984; taught at University of Nevada System, the Rice-Woodbury Dance Company, and Arizona State University)

Deseret News, June 19, 2005 (Gigi Arrington; NAMI Utah board president)

LinkedIn, via WWW, Mar. 19, 2016 (Gigi Arrington)

Facebook, via WWW, Mar. 19, 2016 (Gigi Ballif Arrington)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Oral history interview with Algie E. Ballif

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232593811]
Identifier: MSS 8818
Scope and Contents

DVD sound recording and transcript of an oral history interview with Ballif. The interview includes her time as a student at Brigham Young University from 1915-1916, her time as a student of Radcliffe College in Boston in 1921, and the initial years of her service in the newly-created Dance program at BYU from the 1920s and 1930s. Material dated August 1982.

Dates: 1982 August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Oral history interview with Algie E. Ballif

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