Haley Ann Budge is a 2016 University of Montana Graduate, holding a Bachelors of Arts in Dance with an emphasis in ballet. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois and raised in Missoula, where she started her training at the age of eight years old.  At the age of 12 she attended Summer Dance Lab at Whitman College on full scholarship from the Montana Dance Arts Association. Haley then continued to train and perform both locally and internationally throughout China and Europe.  Haley has taught throughout the Missoula Valley and in the Missoula County Public School System in coordination with the Center of Music by People with Disabilities.  Her goal is to cultivate an environment flowing with discipline, positive thinking and self-confidence.