Guest Faculty
Isaac Jones
Originally from Michigan, Isaac Jones studied under the direction of Cyndi Buczek and Sergey Rayevskiy. He has danced with Dayton Ballet, Eugene Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, and has been selected as a dancer for the National Choreographers Initiative and as a guest artist with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. He has danced featured roles in works by Jiří Kylián, Gerlad Arpino, Natasha Adorlee, Glenn Edergton, Alia Kache, Robert Curran, Adam Hougland, Penny Saunders, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Stephen Mills, Toni Pimble, Septime Webre, Mariana Oliveira, Amy Seiwert, Suzanne Haag, Ilya Kozadayev, Stephanie Martinez, and Karen Russo Burke. He has choreographed works on Ballet Papillon, Dayton Ballet, Dayton Dance Initiative, Dayton Ballet Second Company, Dayton Dance Conservatory Company, Eugene Ballet, and the Sarasota Ballet Trainee Program. He has also served as Adjunct Professor of Dance for the University of Dayton and summer faculty for Interlochen Arts Academy. Proud founder of the Brenda & David Jones Memorial Fund.
Shelby Lorch
Shelby Lorch danced with Central Indiana Dance Ensemble for nine years and continued dancing with the Butler University Dance team while in college. As a member of the Butler Dance Team, Shelby performed at Madison Square Garden, Indianapolis Circle of Lights and every home basketball games at Hinkle Fieldhouse. In 2018, Shelby graduated from Butler University with a degree in Elementary Education. She taugh 4th grade in Plainfield, Indiana and also at Smokey Row Elementary and also coached the Middle School and High School competition dance teams, before having her daughters, Piper and Arlee. Most recently Shelby has been a party mom and mother ginger in Central Indiana Dance Ensemble‘s Nutcracker
While Shelby may not be dancing ballet at this point in her life, she credits Suzann Delay and her staff for creating a foundation and love for dance. Without ballet, Shelby would not have been able to achieve all her dance hopes and dreams.
Shelby also owns the Walking Waffle Company!
Derek Reid
Derek Reid; Associate Professor at Butler University, began his training at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in his native Washington, D.C. He subsequently studied in intensive dance programs with Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France,Milwaukee Ballet, and Richmond Ballet. He began attending Butler University in 1984, where he received a B.F.A. in Dance. Mr. Reid’s professional dance careers panned over fifteen years, during which time he performed with the Louisville Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montreal and Ballet Met in Columbus, Ohio. He performed and created leading roles in works by such internationally acclaimed choreographers as Choo San Goh, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato, James Kudelka, Mark Morris and Ohad Naharin. His repertoire ranged from the classical to the contemporary. His roles have included the prince in The Nutcracker, Siegfriedin Swan Lake and various roles in works by choreographic masters such as Antony Tudor, Vaslav Nijinsky, Irina Nijinska, Agnes de Mille, and George Balanchine.
Mr. Reid’s television credits include PBS’s production ofDance Theatre of Harlem’s Fall River Legend, choreographed by Agnes de Mille, as well as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Dancers for Life gala, in which he performed the pas de deux from Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement. A special highlight of his career was dancing Duato’s Cor Perdut at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece with the Gala des Etoiles, sharing the stage with dancers likeDamian Woetzel, Darcie Bussel and Carlos Acosta.
Mr. Reid’s professional teaching career began with the Northwest Florida Ballet in 1985 and continued through his Associate Directorship of the Fort Wayne Ballet from 2000-2004 and his guest/master classes across the country. In his current position as Associate Professor ofDance at Butler, Mr. Reid teaches Dance History, Classical Ballet technique, Classical and Contemporary Pas de Deux, Choreography, and his core curriculum contribution to the university Black Dance in the American Tradition. While creating original choreographic works for Fort Wayne Ballet, Northwest Florida Ballet, and Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, Mr. Reid offers original works to the Butler Ballet in both the classical and contemporary veins. With an eye towards the history and tradition of classical technique, Mr. Reid continues to search for new ideas to stimulate students and advocate for the continued embracing ofthe fine arts. In 2012 he received a Master of Arts Degree in Organizational Leadership and Service Learning from Gonzaga University.