Butler Ballet

  • December events calendar

    December events calendar

    “Indianapolis and Butler offer a festive lineup of concerts, markets, performances and holiday traditions throughout December.”

  • Behind the curtain: Butler Ballet’s Student Choreography Showcase

    Behind the curtain: Butler Ballet’s Student Choreography Showcase

    “I love what I’m doing so much, and I love the people I work with so much. It’s never really a toxic environment.”

  • Finding quiet in the chaos: How intimacy precedes performance

    Finding quiet in the chaos: How intimacy precedes performance

    “From Indy to Panama City, tranquility is a constant pre-show ritual for Butler Ballet.”

  • Butler Ballet presents Midwinter Dances

    Butler Ballet presents Midwinter Dances

    “Especially from a dancer’s perspective, it is a truly imaginative, very animalistic, but also graceful piece. It is two-sided in that way [and] it will be really special for audiences to get to experience that.”

  • Enter the Cloven Kingdom: Midwinter Dances Recap

    Enter the Cloven Kingdom: Midwinter Dances Recap

    Last Week, Butler Ballet hosted its annual Midwinter Dances from February 12th to 16th, featuring the modern dance: Cloven Kingdom. Multimedia reporter Parker Williams recaps the shows.

  • OT: We are a dance school

    OT: We are a dance school

    “Many students have dubbed Butler to be a basketball school, and while this is true, its dance programs — Butler Ballet included — remain some of the best in the nation … So, is Butler really a basketball school or can everyone finally see it for what it is — a dance school?”

  • ‘The Nutcracker’ — more than a holiday tradition

    ‘The Nutcracker’ — more than a holiday tradition

    “Though taking on a show of this magnitude can be daunting, especially for first-year students, performers have sought solace in each other’s company.”

  • Butler Ballet presents Student Choreography Showcase

    Butler Ballet presents Student Choreography Showcase

    “It started as a way to allow upper-class students to utilize their dance composition skills but has since expanded to become a staple of Butler Ballet, allowing even first-year dancers the chance to compose.”

  • The Butler Collegian DAWGCAST — Episode 9

    Tune into Episode 9 of the award-winning-The Butler Collegian DAWGCAST! All things Butler University are covered in this fast-paced media show. DAWGCAST is guest hosted by Kayla Campbell. Tune in at The Butler Collegian on Spotify or YouTube.