With COVID-19 outbreaks on campus, Butler Ballet dancers can be forced to quarantine and miss key performances.
A look at the upcoming Butler Ballet Senior Choreographers’ Showcase
The entire showcase is choreographed by five seniors in the Butler Ballet program, and each brings a separate take or interpretation on what they have learned throughout their academic career.
The Nutcracker: COVID-19 edition
Despite the pandemic, the Nutcracker will still be performed and available for viewing via livestream. Photo by Claire Runkel. ALEX LINDSEY | STAFF REPORTER | aklindse@butler.edu Every holiday season, the Butler community gathers in Clowes Memorial Hall to watch Butler ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker” to get in the festive spirit. This year however, they…
Butler Ballet Student Choreographers’ showcase comes to Clowes Memorial Hall on October 22 and 23
The showcase, a collection of performances organized and performed entirely by students in the Butler Dance Department, will be livestreamed on the Butler Arts & Events Center website.
Dancing without a studio: Butler dance majors risk injury during shelter-in-place order
Before dance studios were reopened last week, dance majors took to finding creative ways to practice dance in a safe way. Even with their creativity, injury was a persistent danger and risk they undertook weekly.
‘He is kind of like a renaissance man’: Jeremy Gruner mixes various art forms
Jeremy Gruner is a dancer, musician and photographer. At Butler, he has found a way to intertwine each aspect into a future career.
‘Swan Lake’ could have been seniors’ swan song to collegiate ballet
Butler Ballet’s “Swan Lake” was set to run from April 17 through April 19. Due to efforts to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the show has been canceled.
Butler Ballet presents ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Butler dancers are excited to perform the grand, historical ballet “Sleeping Beauty” this weekend for their spring production.
Butler Ballet’s Nutcracker to premiere after break
Butler Ballet’s annual event The Nutcracker is a spectacle for all and is the perfect performance for the upcoming holiday season.
Butler Ballet to perform “The Gallery of Memories” on the lawn
Butler ballet will perform outside to celebrate the community and various aspects of the Butler experience.