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Better Know GroundWorks Dancer Madison Pineda

By Steve Sucato Madison Pineda (she/her) began her dance training in Sacramento, CA and in Keller, TX. In 2017, she received The Fields Ballet Scholarship Award. At age 16, she attended The Joffrey Ballet School’s New York City Jazz & Contemporary Program, and in 2021 she graduated with a BFA degree from

Creative Notes: Choreographer Rena Butler Talks about her Burgeoning Career and her World Premiere Work for GroundWorks

By Steve Sucato You could say Rena Butler has reached a tipping point in her career. The former dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, and most recently Gibney Dance, has reached a point in her freelance choreographic career where making dance works is now her