Dance Careers
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 | Joffrey Ballet |
| Alabama Ballet | Joseph Holmes Dance Theater |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre | Kim Robards Dance Company |
| American Repertory Ballet | Les Grands Ballets Canadians |
| Ballet Arizona | Lexington Ballet |
| Ballet Austin | Louisville Ballet |
| Ballet Internationale | Memphis Ballet |
| Ballet Iowa | Milwaukee Ballet |
| Ballet Magnificat | Nevada Ballet Theatre |
| Ballet Metropolitan | New Jersey Ballet |
| Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania | Ohio Ballet |
| Ballet Theatre of Boston | Omaha Theatre Ballet |
| Berkshire Ballet | Pacific Northwest Ballet |
| Boston Ballet | Pascal Rioult Dance Theater |
| Canton Ballet | Paul Taylor Dance Company |
| Charleson Ballet | Pennsylvania Ballet |
| Cincinnati Ballet | Peoria Ballet |
| Cleveland Ballet | Portland Ballet |
| Colorado Ballet | Portland Ballet Theater |
| Columbia City Ballet | Richmond Ballet |
| Corpus Christi Ballet | San Diego Ballet |
| Dance Kaleidoscope | San Francisco Ballet |
| Dance Theatre of Harlem | Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre |
| Dayton Ballet | St. Louis Ballet |
| Eugene Ballet Company | Springfield Ballet |
| Fort Wayne Ballet | State Ballet of Rhode Island |
| Gdansk Opera House – Poland | Staatstheater Kassel |
| Georgia Ballet | Thresh |
| Greensboro Ballet | Tulsa Ballet |
| James Sewell Ballet |
Other Careers
Administrators for Washington, Houston and Kansas City Schools of Ballet
Administrator UMKC College Conservatory
American Dance Festival
Associate Provost, Butler University
Assistant Dean of Admissions, Walnut Hill School
Artistic Director, Kids Dance Outreach
Broadway Performers
Dancers, Actors, Entertainment and Commercial, Los Angeles
Dance Critic for Dance Magazine
Chairperson, Eastern Michigan University Dance Dept.
Choreographer, Broadway & off-Broadway; Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis; Indiana Pacemates
Director, Academy of Dance, Bangkok, Thailand; Dance Arts Unlimited, Michigan City, IN
Director of Productions, Tulsa Ballet
Education and Development Assistant, Thodos Dance, Chicago
Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Faculty, Brooklyn Yoga Collection
Faculty, Duncan Center Conservatory
Faculty Member/Choreographer, Point Park College
Faculty Member, Centre de Danse du Marais, Paris
Faculty Member, Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA
Faculty, National School of Ballet – Poland
Faculty, Northern Plains Dance
Faculty, University of Texas, Austin
Professor, Butler University and Temple University Dance Dept.
Registrar/Faculty Member, Virginia School of the Arts