Kristin Butke School of Irish Dance

Audience members can expect a beautiful, lively show with dancers in both hard and soft shoes. Performers will dance both traditional and contemporary style Irish Dance. Depending on the needs of our client, we can incorporate audience participation and show a simple step to audience participants or we can just have non-stop Irish Dance entertainment that is guaranteed to make your audience happy. Audience members usually cannot sit still during our entertainment and join in by clapping along with the music. We provide a fun, relaxing time of watching some very talented dancers and listening to some great Irish Music.

Kristin Butke, Director and Instructor, began Irish dancing at age four. She trained under two-time world champion Tim O'Hare. While competing, Kristin achieved seven Midwest Regional titles, ranging from Under 8 to Over 21 and was the 2001 North American Senior Ladies Champion. Kristin placed 4th at the World Championships in 1993 and 1994 and took the bronze medal in 1997. After taking five years off to dance professionally, Kristin returned to the competitive scene in 2002 at age 25 to capture the bronze again at the World Championships and the silver at the All-Ireland Championships.

From (phone number hidden)0, Kristin toured with Lord of the Dance as a chorus member, as a principle dancer in the role of Morrighan in Las Vegas, Nevada, and danced opposite Michael Flatley in the role of Cleopatra in Feet of Flames. In August of 2003, she performed as Grainne in the Celtic rock musical Celtic Fusion with former Riverdance star Liam Harney. Kristin has also performed with the Chieftains, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

The Kristin Butke School of Irish Dance (KBS) was established in December 2002 in Nashville TN. KBS holds 10 regional solo titles, dancers that have placed 2nd-15th at the National level, and World Qualifiers and World Medalists.

KBS Students have performed at numerous venues through-out Tennessee including conventions, birthdays, festivals, shows, etc. Please contact us for more information.