Department of Dance

Butler's Department of Dance offers the serious dance student professional level training with a broad approach to liberal arts education. Dance majors at Butler acquire strong technical training based on a central focus of ballet; versatility in other techniques; the opportunity to perform extensively in a pre-professional company; broad exposure to academic subjects in dance and in other arts; and skills in writing, speaking and analysis from the humanities, mathematics and sciences.

Butler Ballet, the performance component of the program, is designed to offer extensive pre-professional opportunities. Butler Ballet produces full-length classical ballets - such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella - as well as original contemporary works by resident choreographers, licensed choreography such as George Balanchine's Serenade, Paul Taylor's Cloven Kingdom and commissioned new works by recognized professionals in the field.

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