Training mit Sarah Butler

Layering various physical tasks through curiosity, rich imagery, and sense of humor, this class will serve as an opportunity to dig into our approach to both improvisation & choreography. Beginning with guided improvisation, we will wake up our creative impulses & focus on shift of weight, awareness and presence in space, and how texture, task, and story can shape and inform our movement. We will visit ballet form and various set exercises throughout to practice maintaining our movement research process inside codified structures and techniques.

We will then workshop choreographed repertoire, further investing in taking the creative practices from class and housing them inside specific form. We will play with isolations, musicality, a lot of imagination, and how our personal approach can amplify and enhance the material while maintaining the integrity of the choreography.  It's gonna be a good time & I can’t wait to see you there!

Sarah Butler likes making things. Working with movement, embroidery, film, wearable structure, and vocal harmonies, she is interested in exploring how the weaving of seemingly separate mediums can result in something surprising and honest.

Sarah was a founding member of Danielle Agami’s Ate9 Dance Company from 2012 – 2020, performing and teaching throughout the US and Canada. Since 2021 Sarah has worked closely with Tom Weinberger, assisting on the creation of dance-theatre works in and around Europe. She has guest taught, staged work, or assisted on creations with GöteborgsOperans DansKompani, Iceland Dance Company, Tanzfabrik Berlin, Dock11, Nagelhus Schia Productions, Cornish College of the Arts, CalArts, John Hopkins University, and Ryan Heffington’s The Sweat Spot.

Sarah’s first evening length solo performance work »EILEEN«, which weaves together her movement, vocal, and wearable-sculpture work, premiered in May 2024 at Jergon Gallery to two sold out shows. She is based in Berlin, Germany. [ www.kickinbutler.com ]