JACQUELINE BENARD, Costume Designer, studied fine arts at Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, received a License of Sculpture from Accademia di Belle Arti, in Carrara, Italy and a BFA in sculpture from Arizona State University. She has worked independently designing fabric for clothing and interiors and as well as for a large textile firm in New York. Jacqueline has been designing costumes for numerous years at the Department of Dance at ASU and creates costumes for School of Ballet Arizona. She has done work for productions for such companies as Ballet Arizona, Dorothy Hamill International, Scorpius Dance Theatre, Desert Dance as well as other Arizona dance companies. Her sculptures, textile works, and paper works have been exhibited throughout the West and Europe.