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Butler Department of Dance
Career Achievements of Butler Dance Alumni

Butler’s department of dance has alumni who have served as apprentices, corps de ballet, soloist and principal dancers, artistic directors, school directors, ballet masters/mistresses, executive directors, general managers, production managers, rehearsal directors, touring directors, co-artistic directors and more on Broadway and in dance companies including:

Atlanta Ballet
Alabama Ballet
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
American Repertory Ballet
Ballet Arizona
Ballet Austin
Ballet Hispanico
Ballet Internationale
Ballet Iowa
Ballet Magnifant
Ballet Metropolitan
Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania
Ballet Theatre of Boston
Berkshire Ballet
Boston Ballet
Canton Ballet
Charleston Ballet
Cincinnati Ballet
Cleveland Ballet
Colorado Ballet
Columbia City Ballet
Corpus Christi Ballet
Dance Kaleidoscope
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dayton Ballet
Donald Byrd/The Group
Eugene Ballet Company
Fort Wayne Ballet
Gdansk Opera House – Poland
Georgia Ballet
Greensboro Ballet
James Sewell Ballet
Joffrey Ballet
Joseph Holmes Dance Theater
Kentucky Ballet Theatre
Kim Robards Dance Company
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Lexington Ballet
Louisville Ballet
Memphis Ballet
Milwaukee Ballet
Nevada Ballet Theatre
New Jersey Ballet
Ohio Ballet
Omaha Theatre Ballet
Pascal Rioult Dance Theater
Paul Taylor II
Pennsylvania Ballet
Peoria Ballet
Peter Sparling Dance Company
Portland Ballet
Portland Ballet Theatre
Richmond Ballet
San Diego Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre
St. Louis Ballet
Springfield Ballet
State Ballet of Rhode Island
Staatstheater Kassel
Thresh
Tulsa Ballet

Other Careers

Dance Critic for Dancemagazine
Broadway Performers
Dancers, Actors, Entertainment and Commercial, Los Angeles
Teacher, National School of Ballet – Poland
Choreographer, Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
Choreographer, Broadway & off-Broadway shows
Professor, Butler University and Temple University Dance Dept.
Choreographer, Indiana Pacemates
Assistant Dean of Admissions, Walnut Hill School
Registrar/Faculty Member, Virginia School of the Arts
Faculty Member/Choreographer, Point Park College
Director, Dance Arts Unlimited, Michigan City, IN
Faculty Member, Centre de Danse du Marais, Paris
Chairperson, Eastern Michigan University Dance Dept.
Faculty Member, Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA
Director, Academy of Dance, Bangkok, Thailand
Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Administrators for Washington, Houston and Kansas City Schools of Ballet