In addition to performing, the company will also be teaching a master class as well as rehearsing with some Butler dance students for their Mid Winter Dance Festival performance.
Marek Cholewa: A father figure with high standards
BY: ROBYN JUTSUM, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Marek Cholewa, a Butler University dance professor, strives to share the historical and pedagogical culture of dance in Poland and Russia with his Butler students. Cholewa began his training at the National School of Ballet in Poznan, Poland, and from there was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Poland…
Susan McGuire: a mentor who knows modern
BY: CELINE SPINKA, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Teaching modern technique to more than 100 dance majors in a ballet-oriented college program is no easy feat. Butler University associate professor Susan McGuire started out as a ballerina like many of the students that she has taught over her 11 years at Butler. “If you’re really lucky enough to…
The Butler dance department presents: The Midwinter Dance Festival
Different styles, music and costumes can be brought together by one essential element: dance. All these components will mesh and be put on display to encompass the tradition of the Midwinter Dance Festival at Butler University. The middle of three major Butler dance department productions, the festival is a “mixed-bill production,” meaning there are a…