{"id":4093,"date":"2022-11-03T09:12:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T09:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2022-11-03T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T10:21:15","slug":"rena-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/rena-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Rena Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text single_style=””]Photo: Christopher Jones<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text single_style=””]<\/p>\n

Rena Butler<\/strong>
\nA contemporary & ballet dancer, choreographer originally from New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”What is your dancing style?” open=”true”]I have many different styles of dance that I\u2019m interested in. I\u2019ve trained primarily in ballet and contemporary, and in ballroom (salsa), West African dance, traditional Balinese dance, hip hop and street styles, and more. All these styles make me a stronger dance and choreographic artist. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What made you choose this style?” open=”true”]I choose primarily the styles of contemporary and ballet because I felt the most liberated in these forms. There is so much that can be interpreted, from a very literal or abstract point of view. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”When and how did you start dancing?” open=”true”]I started getting serious with dance around the age of 12. I knew then that I wanted to pursue a career out of this, travel the world with it, connect with people, and educated myself on various styles to find something new in movement. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Any memorable dancing experiences?” open=”true”]This is a hard question to answer, there are so many! One of my favourite dancing experiences was dancing in Ohad Naharin\u2019s Decadance with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. I can\u2019t remember when I stopped thinking and started feeling the moment. As tiring as his work is, as it requires all 5 of your senses to be one hundred percent, It felt as though I was gliding through space with ease. It feels so nice when you can reach that in any work – the moment you stop forcing it and just immerse your entire being into the world the choreographer has created. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”One person you would like to dance for or with?” open=”true”]I would love to work for so many people, as there are a lot of interesting voices to dance with and for. One person is Damien Jalet – he has a very interesting eye and I\u2019d be intrigued to dive into a process with him to see where our crafts could potentially meet. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What does dance mean to you?” open=”true”]Dance is the extreme extension of who I am – the fullest expression. It is the hidden door into my soul, and with each process I go through as a dance artist, I can unlock secrets passages in myself that often can come as a surprise. I get to know myself and other people through this art form – it\u2019s beautiful. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Do you prefer to perform or teach and why?” open=”true”]I like both equally. I love both because you can have live dialogue in real time with an audience or a group of artists while you\u2019re on stage or at the front of a studio. Sometimes you\u2019re unsure of how the exchange will be or where it takes you. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”If you weren\u2019t a dancer, what would you have been?” open=”true”]I would be an assassin or a secret spy. I love to move stealthily, quietly, and with force. It would be fun to travel the world and go out on secret mission. Plus, the disguises would be the most fun part, in constantly shifting personas.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Describe yourself or your story in under 25 words?” open=”true”]I\u2019m curious, imaginative, playful, silly, creative, warm, bold. Understanding myself and the world around me is important. I believe fluidity equals expansion. I love cooking, traveling, surfing, adventure. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?” open=”true”]Still playful, still curious, and laughing more. I see myself constantly operating from a place of joy, doing things on my own terms. I am with my partner – living in Bali. I am still choreographing for various companies and institutions – still learning – still vibing, and enjoying what life presents and am positively immersed in it. [\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/IaIRcI7vPG0?feature=share”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text single_style=””]Photo: Christopher Jones[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text single_style=””] Rena Butler A contemporary & ballet dancer, choreographer originally from New York. [\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”What is your dancing style?” open=”true”]I have many different styles of dance that I\u2019m interested in. I\u2019ve trained primarily in ballet and contemporary, and in ballroom (salsa), West African dance, traditional Balinese dance, hip hop and street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-my-dance-story"},"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4095,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions\/4095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}