Butler ballerinas past and present express concerns with mental health and faculty support within the dance program.
Butler Ballet students perform in Student Choreographers’ showcase
The upcoming Butler Ballet Student Choreographers’ showcase is a student-run show highlighting the choreography of Butler Ballet students.
Butler alumnus receives national award from Sigma Nu fraternity
Sigma Nu fraternity awards class of 2021 graduate and dance pedagogy major, Cody Maggiore, their Talent of the Year award
JCA students in quarantine: the show must go on
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.