Briana K. Butler is a professional dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer with experience in modern jazz, hip hop, contemporary, tap, ballet, African, and Latin styles. She has performed for companies such as BalaSole Dance Company, on So You Think You Can Dance, and for Royal Caribbean Productions. Butler holds a Bachelor's degree in Business and Enterprise Management from Wake Forest University, where she also studied dance and performed with the university dance company and tap crew.

1. Briana K. Butler
10/04/92 Bributler.com HEIGHT: 5’1”
HAIR/EYES:Brown Briana.k.butler@alumni.wfu.edu WEIGHT: 105
DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY
Professional Experience Training
 BalaSole Dance Company, Summer 2015
o Solo performance for 2015 Season 2
o Own Modern Jazz choreography
 So You Think You Can Dance, Season 12, 2015
o Semifinalist in Vegas Week- Street Jazz
 Aion Productions, December 2014-Spring 2015
o “The Clothesline Muse” Multimedia
Production National Tour
o Afro-Modern Dancer, Singer, Actress
 Joy of Motion Dance Center DC, December 2014
o “Heart of Hip Hop” Popping Soloist
 GJ Dance Studio, Fall 2014-Present
o Specialty Guest Choreographer
 Kodachrome North Carolina, Spring 2014
o Featured student choreographer
 In Motion Dance Center, Fall 2013 to Spring 2014
o Studio choreographer and instructor
 WFU Travel Dance Company Member- Vienna, Austria
Performance, Summer 2011
 Jr. Miss America (JMA), Spring 2011 Pageant Chor.
 ECDA, June 2009-August 2012
o Cheer/Dance Chor. and Instructor
ACTING/ MUSICAL THEATER/VOICE
Professional Experience
 Royal Caribbean Productions, Summer 2015-2016
o Mamma Mia: Ensemble, Lisa Understudy
o Blue Planet: Dancer, Aerialist, Acro
Tumbler
o DreamWorks “Move It Move It” Parade:
Madagascar Dancer
o Cabaret Singer
o Hair Supervisor
o Spot Light Technician
 Documentaries, 2008
o 350th
Anniversary of Calvert County, MD
o Lifeguard Safety Training
 John Robert Powers Baltimore, MD, 2006-2008
o Television, commercial, and film agency
 The American Dance Festival, Summer 2014
o Cunningham training
o Forsythe training and performance
 The American College Dance Festival Association,
Spring 2011 and Spring 2014
o Adjudication concert, 2014
 Wake Forest University Dance Company (WFU), Fall
2010-Spring 2014
o Company member and choreographer
(concert and film/video)
 WFU Tap Crew, Fall 2010-Spring 2014
o Rhythmic tap training
o Amnesty International Dance-Off Winners,
Spring 2013
 Arte En Movimiento Urban Dance Studio, Santiago,
Chile, Spring 2012
 Impulstanz International Dance Festival, Summer 2011
 Julie Roger’s Studio of Dance, 2000-2010
o Competitive training
o Variations of jazz, hip hop, contemporary,
modern, lyrical, tap, ballet, African, and
Latin ballroom styles, 1995-2010
Training
 WFU Gospel Choir, Fall 2010-Spring 2014
 Musical theater vocal training, 2002-2011
 MD State Theater Festival, 2008-2010
 Oliver, Scarlet Pimpernel, Copacabana, Hamlet- HS
 Private and choir/chorus vocal training, 1995-Present
COLLEGE EDUCATION
 Wake Forest University, School of Business
 Bachelor of Science in Business and Enterprise
Management; Concentration: International Bus.
 Minors: Global Trade and Commerce Studies, Latin
American Studies, Dance
 Cumulative GPA: 3.5, Cum Laude
SPECIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
 Proficient in Spanish, Gymnastics-Floor Tumbling, Cheerleading (WFU Varsity Cheer Team Flyer), Public Speaking
(FBLA National Runner Up, 2009), Pageants: JMA- Miss Southern MD 2009 & Runner up to MD’s Jr. Miss 2009, Track
& Field (MD State Track Meet 2007 6th
Place 4x1 Relay), Basketball (Point Guard), Basic Ice Skating Skills