♦ The Teacher
Roxane Butterfly’s official debut as a teacher, started at Musical Theater Work for the students of New York University. She since taught at major american universities, the prestigious schools Broadway “Steps on Broadway” and “Broadway Dance Center”, as well as Stephens College, Sarah Lawrence College, Frank Sinatra High School For The Performing Arts, etc… She led numerous lectures in America (University of Virginia, American Dance Festival, Jacobs Pillow…), and in Europe : Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, Institut del Teatre Barcelona, Institute of the Performing Arts Barcelona, Impulstanz (Vienne), Tanzfabrik (Berlin), Dusseldorf Tanzhaus, Conservatoire de Rabat (Maroc)… Founder of the Jimmy Slyde Institute in Barcelona, Roxane now resides in Paris where she trains aspiring professional dancers at the Juste Debout School, at the Conservatoire George Bizet.
♦ Pedagogy
Appreciated worldwide for her pedagogy, Roxane has taught at major American universities and the best Broadway and tap schools in New York City. In 2011, she founded the Jimmy Slyde Institute Training Program in Barcelona (JSI), an educational space honoring her mentor Jimmy Slyde, the great master of bebop tap.