Feature Films
* Dancer, choreographer, and educator Endalyn T. Outlaw (née Taylor) is currently the dean of the School of Dance at UNCSA. She has held the positions of director of Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) School in New York — a company she joined in 1984, becoming a principal dancer in 1993 — and director of the Cambridge Summer Art Institute in Massachusetts.
I Am A Women Based on the poem by Mikenzi Masiah Barrow
Spoken Word: Mikenzi Barrow
Cinematography: Adam Witmer
Direction: Deborah LaVine
Editing: Meridith Sommers
Performance: Endalyn Taylor
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*Rena Butler hails from Chicago, IL, and began her studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts. She studied overseas at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena performed with companies including 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, and Gibney Company.
A Tale of Two – Filmed and scored in Chicago, danced by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. A Tale of Two is an examination of Chicago’s extreme cultural dichotomy and how it affects the city’s youth in disparate communities.
Choreography: Rena Butler
Company: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Videography: Talia Koylass
Music: Darryl J. Hoffman
Vocals: Shawnee Dez, Alencia Norris
Dancers: Alyssa Allen, Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry, Craig D. Black Jr., Jacqueline Burnett, Rena Butler, Kellie Epperheimer, Elliot Hammans, Alysia Johnson, Adam McGaw, Andrew Murdock, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, David Schultz, Kevin J. Shannon, Connie Shiau, Jessica Tong.