Occupation Dancer, choreographer Name Cara Butler | Siblings Jean Butler | |
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Christmas celtic sojourn 2012 jon and nathan pilatzke with cara butler chair dance
Cara Butler is an American stepdancer and choreographer. She is the younger sister of dancer Jean Butler.
Contents
- Christmas celtic sojourn 2012 jon and nathan pilatzke with cara butler chair dance
- The Chieftains Cara Butler and The Pilatzke Brothers
- Dance career
- References

The Chieftains. Cara Butler and The Pilatzke Brothers
Dance career

Cara Butler studied with the widely respected Irish stepdance teacher Donny Golden. She and her sister, Jean, each won numerous national titles and regional titles, and placed well in international competitions. She has toured with the Irish folk group The Chieftains since 1992 performing traditional and contemporary Irish dances.

Butler was a featured dancer in the 1999 run of "Dancing on Dangerous Ground" which played in the Theater Royal in London's West End. In 2005 she danced with her sister for the instructional DVD Irish Dance Masterclass with Jean Butler along with Tara Barry, Michael Patrick Gallagher, and Glenn Simpson.
Butler was the lead dancer in the Folgers coffee commercial "A Dancer's Morning".