New Urban Dance Company

John Butterfield founded New Urban Dance Company (NUDC) in 1989. As a regional company, the mission of NUDC was the development of new and original dance/theatre works, created for and performed by people in our community. NUDC performed and produced for 14 years with a roster of 12 to 14 dancers. During this time, John also staged two full length contemporary ballets, as well as choreographed and danced for other companies including Company Chaddick, Dance through Time, ODC, Lis Fain, Nesting Dolls, and the New York Baroque Ballet. 

NUDC incorporated many styles in its programs, including a variety of modern dance and jazz idioms as well as contemporary narrative ballet, and was the first ensemble group to offer a broad variety of dance/theatre, or multi-media, entertainment in Contra Costa County. The work of NUDC was designed as a social experience, with the audience taking part in, and affecting, the performance. The company also performed outside Contra Costa County, traveling in the Bay Area and throughout Northern California to such theaters as Brady Street Theatre, the Cowell and the Noh Space in San Francisco.

DVD Movie Segment 1 from John Butterfield on Vimeo.

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