Roxane Semadeni is a
tap dancer from
Toulon in southern France, active in the United States. She was nicknamed 'Butterfly' by
Jimmy Slyde, and performs as Roxane Butterfly. In 2002 she was included in a list of '25 to watch' published by ''
Dance Magazine''.
From 1998 she
choreographed
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...
performances of her all-woman ensemble BeauteeZ´n The Beat.
In 2005 she received funding from Barcelona American fundings to work on her flamenco-tap fusión project Djellaba Groove.
She founded the
Jimmy Slyde Institute in
Barcelona.
Dance Teacher, May 5, 2011: "Technique: Roxane Butterfly"
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References
Further reading
''The New York Times'', March 10, 2008
New York Times'', April 18, 2010
External links
Official website
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Living people
French female dancers
Tap dancers
People from Toulon
Year of birth missing (living people)