Contemporary | Guest Choreographer

Rena Butler is originally from Chicago, IL. Butler has previously performed with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, AIM by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Manuel Vignoulle M/motions, Kevin Wynn Collection, and Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company. She is a recipient of the 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography. Butler has created works for various companies and institutions, including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, BalletX, Whim W’him, Boston Dance Theater, TedXChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, Charlotte Ballet, The Juilliard School, Gibney Company, and for famed ballerina Michaela DePrince, among others. She has served as an adjunct professor for New York University Tisch School of the Arts for Dance, and currently serves on the Artistic Advisory Council for Dancewave NYC. Rena is currently Gibney Company’s inaugural Choreographic Associate and the featured cover story for Dance Magazine‘s November 2021 issue.