2026 Scholarship Recipient: Teresa Dingman

Teresa Dingman is a third-year B.F.A Dance Performance major and Applied Mathematics minor at Northern Illinois University. Originally from Chicago, she trained at Chicago Ballet Arts under the instruction of Patti Eylar, Leslie Saunders, and Maliwan Diemer where she trained in and performed classical ballet repertoire. During her time at NIU, she has performed in numerous classical and contemporary works, choreographed her own original ballets, and most recently danced the role of Odette in Septime Weber's Swan Lake. Outside of school, she stays involved on campus through her sorority, Delta Zeta, as well as teaching fitness classes at the Recreation Center, working in the costume shop, and running the NIU Dance Instagram page! She would love to thank her professors for this recognition and the Sarah Siddons Society for this opportunity.