Show Student Life Monday June 21 1976 Page 3 Festival choreographed Butler visits USU Rowland Butler was only seven years old when he decided he wanted to learn to dance “I told my parents I wanted to take dance classes but at that time boys didn’t dance So my father turned a deaf ear But I was so persistent he finally relented with the instruction that if I started I had to finish” Butler said He will be one of the guest instructors teaching the Dance West workshop this summer at Utah State University along with Burch Mann director of American Folk Ballet Company and San Christopher professional actress and dancer Dance West will be held on the USU campus June 30 information Registration may be obtained from the Conference 21-Ju- ly and Institute Division at the university In addition to the dance classes Dance West offers students an opportunity to work rith the American Folk Ballet Company which will be on campus for two weeks to participate in the Festival of the American West Outstanding dancers will be chosen to dance with the company Butler isjhead of the musical comedy program at the University of Utah and involved as a choreographer for Dance west He also owns the Rowland Butler Dance Studio in Salt Lake City which has about 700 young students enrolled Normally he choreographs about three shows a year but has done as many as 12 and does most of the shows performed at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre He has toured the Orient and South America as a performer and done numerous dancing roles However he quit perform- T WM ing when he started directing Butler gave up his association at the University of Utah to get his own dance studio started but went back in 1970 when as he puts it “they gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse” His graduate students at the university now do much of the teaching at his dance studio and his older students go to the university for instruction At USU he will be teaching a f ' f - I 7 'r 3 f r f A -- modern dance jazz class Butler feels jazz is a combination of all of the dance forms and is the vernacular dance of American Most of his recent work has been with jazz but he intends doing a ballet next year “A Choreographer needs to contin'’ to 't' ' ually do new things even if he I chances bombing Otherwise he ' doesn’t keep fresh” Butler said u He feels the most important things for a dancer is rhythm I I and to make it professionally a m great body “Before a dancer is even given a chance to show talent he or she must pass a ROWLAND BUTLER discusses dancing in front of rehearsal mirror at his dance studio in Salt looks contest They call them Lake City He will be teaching a jazz class during the Dance West workshop this summer at cattle calls in New York” he Utah State University added “Dance is valuable to athletes in competition where grace and form count such as ice skating and gymnastics It’s not too bad A $1776 prize will be either for the other athletes as awarded in grand the Bicentennial Poewell” the choreographer Contest try sponsored by the Nite - Disco 2 s 7 "'4 Sr' V- s Poetry Contest Recycle this paper Monday World of Poetry Poems of all styles and on any subject are eligible to compete for the grand prize or for 49 other cash or merchandise awards Rules and official entry forms No Cover Charge Tuesday Nite - Dance Go-Gir- World of Poetry 801 Portola Dr Drawer 211 San Francisco Cali94127 Contest 1976 deadline is July 31 Only true Disco - in Cache Valley — u (to Raise Funds For The Aggiettes) UC Ballroom fe Id Din) MW U Friday June 25 ls from Salt Lake City Enjoy your leisure hours at the Cactus are available by writing to: fornia Dancing a q ia Volunteers Needed! July 30 31 Aug 1 Contact: Eileen or Liz UC 3rd Floor ext 7644 0:30 pm per person w g |