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Legendary Utah ballerina and dance teacher dies at 88

Bené Arnold was Ballet West’s first ballet mistress under founder Willam Christensen.

(Rolf Kay | Ballet West) Bené Arnold plays Carabosse, the evil queen, in Ballet West's 1987 production of "Sleeping Beauty." Arnold, Ballet West's first ballet mistress and a fixture in Utah dance for decades, died Jan. 25, 2024, at the age of 88.