Roxane Butterfly, photo by Fred Fogherty
Curator, Three Genres of Improvisation: Raise the Hoof; performer Three Genres of Improvisation: Raise the Hoof & Three Genres of Improvisation: Spontaneous Connections: Improvised Music
Roxane Butterfly is a tap dancer and choreographer hailing from Toulon, France, known for her conceptual approach of the form, her daring musical experimentation, advocacy for the involvement of women in the field. She has been a figure on the international tap scene since the early 1990s. Her numerous and adventurous collaborations with artists from the Arabic music, flamenco, jazz and world-music environments have consequently helped transformed the musical tap landscape in America and Europe. Butterfly founded the Jimmy Slyde Institute in Barcelona, a study and creative center that serves as a platform for innovative European contemporary tap work, and the Euro-Tap-Coalition, a not-for-profit organization that helps to consolidate the presence of tap dance in Europe. Her awards include a New York Foundation for the Arts Choreography Fellow 2002 and 2008; a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 2006; 25 Best to Watch, Dance Magazine 2002; Bessie Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement, 1999.
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evan ray suzuki, photo by Elyse Mertz
“Performance Mix is such a great resource, and I was really grateful to be supported in presenting two of my works this year! I think the real multiplicity of artists involved in all senses is a continued strength of the program.”
– evan ray suzuki
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