Butler, Rena

Rena Butler (New York, New York)

2025–26 Season: Choreographer, Parsifal

San Francisco Opera Highlights: Choreographer of Orpheus and Eurydice

Recent and Upcoming: Works for Arles Youth Ballet, Whim W’him, Het Nationale Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Norrdans in Sweden, AIM By Kyle Abraham, Stuttgart's Gauthier Dance, Proximity (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Cincinnati Ballet, The New Orleans Museum of Modern Art, Le Ballet de L’Opéra Grand Avignon, SALT Dance, a film for Third Coast Percussion x Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange, Oregon Ballet Theater, The Juilliard School, Oklahoma City Ballet, Parsons Dance, TEDxChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, Charlotte Ballet, BalletX

Previously performed with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, AIM by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, The Kevin Wynn Collection, Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company, Gibney Company

Recipient of Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (2024)

Instagram: @renabutler

Website: renapbutler.com