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…
‘Coppélia’ brings out comedy of dance
“Places.” Dance department chair Larry Attaway’s command immediately changes the atmosphere in the dance studio. Dancers in bright costumes move to the sides of the room, standing up from benches or coming in from the hallway where they were stretching. The talk and laughter gradually grows into individual preparation: practicing arm and hand movements, jumping…
Visiting artist brings American premiere
This year the Butler Ballet’s Midwinter Dance Festival features a performance that will be once in a lifetime for the Butler Community. The commissioned piece is “Por Vos Muero” by noted Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato. Kevin Irving, Duato’s former ballet master, is staging the piece. Irving said he doubts that this piece will ever be…