Collegiate Commissions
The Juilliard School:
New Dances
2021
Images by Erin Baiano
A Study of a Mind's I
"How does one give form to the unknown through theories that are intangibly latent to the self and
their surroundings?"
Choreographer: Rena Butler, in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Gnossienne No. 3 by Erik Satie, played by pianist Olivia Belli
Original composition by Darryl J. Hoffman
Text: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Adapted and spoken by Rena Butler
Lighting Designer: Nicole Pearce
Costume Coordinator: Tiffany Chen
Stage Manager: Sam Benson
Rehearsal Assistant: Madison Pineda
Dancers: Juilliard Dance Class of 2024
Off Shore
"Off Shore is a collaborative exploration of symbiosis between the water in and out of us, reflective in a series of tumultuous emotions. Up to sixty percent of the human body is water, and seventy percent of the earth is covered in water. How can one move freely with the intersection of swells and various degrees of currents to find the shoreline again."
Choreographer: Rena Butler, in collaboration with The Cast
Music and Sound Design: Music by Justin Hurwitz, Maurice Ravel, Benjamin Clementine
Sound Design by Benjamin Sandberg
Lighting by: Emily Bertelli
Rehearsal Assistant: Kimberly Fullmer
The University of Utah:
Spring Dance
2023
Purchase College:
PDC
Fall Concert
2018
II. Second