Joined Ballet West Academy: 2020
Ballet West Academy Summer Intensive: 2020
Ballet West Academy PTD: 2020
Ballet West Academy Trainee: 2021
Joined Ballet West II: 2023
Joined Ballet West: 2024

Mikayla Gyfteas is from Anchorage, Alaska. She joined Ballet West Academy in 2020, became a Ballet West Academy Trainee in 2021, and joined Ballet West II in 2023. She received first place twice in YAGP regionals and was a candidate in YAGP finals three times. 

Click below to see Mikayla's roles.

2025-26 Season

  • Romeo & Juliet (Smuin) Romeo's Harlot
  • The Dream (Ashton)
  • Les Noces (Nijinska)
  • The Nutrcracker (Christensen) Spanish, Mirlitons
  • Peter Pan (McIntyre)

2024-25 Season

  • Jekyll & Hyde (Caniparoli)
  • Serenade (Balanchine)
  • Within the Golden Hour (Wheeldon)
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Mirlitons
  • Cinderella (Ashton)
  • Apollo (Balanchine) Handmaidens
  • The Rite of Spring (Fonte)
  • Andromeda (Addison), Elis (Lima), Lingering Echoes (Fannéy) Works from Within (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake) 

2023-24 Season

  • Dracula (Stevenson)
  • The Firebird (Christensen)
  • Stars & Stripes (Balanchine)
  • Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov)
  • Beauty & The Beast (Robinson-Harris) 

ON TOUR

  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) - Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.