Experience
Present
Host of American Spectacle Podcast
Present
Author of The Dressing Drink
2012 - Present
Co-founder and Artistic Director, Positive Energy Arts Foundation
1993 - Present
President and Founder, Terpsichore Entertainment
1993 - Present
Founder and Developer, Terpsichore International Consulting
1993 - Present
Establishing Director, Terpsichore Quest Educational Consulting
2014
Chairman, Board of Advisors, Springboard Danse Montréal
Instruction, Seminars, Lectures
2020
Positive Energy Arts
Present
Catalyst in providing instructional and informational digital media across various online platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and Shipley Energy’s website
2020
Positive Energy Arts
Present
Founder of Positive Energy TV (PETV), a local television network that provides instructional and informational televised media via interviews and segments with world-renowned artists, as well as local hotshots
2019
CID 5th International Congress on Dance in Hollywood FL
2018
World Culture Summit in Abu Dhabi
2015
Art Institute of York, PA
2015
York College of Pennsylvania
2015
Impact Arts and Culture Conference York, PA
2009
Drexel University, Department of Performing Arts
2008
Juilliard Student Services
2008
University of California California, Santa Barbara Dance
2007
Texas A&M University, Department of Dance
2006
Juilliard School of Dance
Professional Theater Production
Present
Co-producer of Colombian dance initiative with Palm Bay Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
2020 - Present
2024
Co-producer of Brevard’s Got Talent
2004 - 2008
1998
Co-Producer, Hawaiian Tour of Infinity Ballet (Artistic Director Debbie Sayles)
1981 - 1985
Not-for-profit Production
2019
Presented and sponsored a Free Youth Hip-Hop Workshop with Positive Energy Ats and Everybody Dance Now! at the Appel Center for Performing Arts
2019
Presented and sponsored “Hood Nation ‘Deetour’’” with Positive Energy Arts at York College of Pennsylvania
2019
Presented and sponsored “Concert Hip-Hop Dance by Raphael Xavier” with Positive Energy Arts at York College of Pennsylvania
2012
2011
Produced and secured financial backing to bring “Rosie’s Theater Kids” workshop program to Foose Elementary School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2005 – 2006
Founder, Dancer’s Roundtable, Career Transition for Dancers, Los Angeles, CA
1994 – Present
Founder and Artistic Director, TERPSICHORE SAND Sanctuary for Art, Nature, and Dance, Frenchtown, New Jersey
1994 – 2000
Founder and Executive Director, Terpsichore Outreach Education
1989 – 2000
Director of Dance, Donna Reed Festival for the Performing Arts, Denison, Iowa
1991 – 1994
Director of Dance, Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Performing Arts Experience
1980 – Present
Professionally employed as “Jack Goode Jr. ” , actor in film, television, and Off-Broadway
1974 – 1982
Live disc jockey/entertainer, employed at night clubs throughout New York City, New York State, Vermont, and San Francisco, California
Adjudication
2006
Honored Judge, European Dance Championships, Croatia
2001 – 2006
Panelist, World Championship of Performing Arts, Hollywood, California
2003 – 2005
Lead Judge, Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival, Palm Desert, California
2004
Honored Judge, South African World Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa
2004
Independent Judge, ACA (American Choreographers Award), Film and Television Division, Los Angeles, California
2001
Judge, ADA (American Dance Awards), Anaheim, California
1992
Panelist, NAACP Talent Contest, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Professional Affiliations
2024 - present
Member, Brevard Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
2015 - Present
Member, CID UNESCO
2012 - Present
Member, Secondary Education Reform Taskforce, Harrisburg, PA
2009
Member, Independent Educational Consultants Association, Fairfax, Virginia
2010
Member, National Association for College Admissions Counseling, Arlington Virginia
2009
Consultant, Isadora Duncan Dance Company, New York, New York
2008 – 2010
Board of Trustees, Tendu TV, New York, New York
2000 – 2010
Board Member, National Museum of Dance, Saratoga, New York
1999 – present
Member, World Dance Alliance Americas, New York, New York
2007 – 2010
Board of Trustees, Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), New York, New York
1997 – Present
Vice-President, Mary G. Roebling Musical Scholarship Fund, Trenton, New Jersey
1993 – Present
Co-Founder, Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce of the Hunterdon Arts and Cultural Alliance, Flemington, New Jersey
1990 – Present
Member, Actors Equity Association
1988 – Present
Member, American Federation of Television Actors
1998 – Present
Member, Governing Council of Alliance for Art Education/New Jersey, Bloomfield, New Jersey
1985 – Present
Member, Screen Actors Guild
1984 - 1988
Member, Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), New York, New York
1980 – Present
Member, Dance/USA, Washington, DC
1985 – Present
Member, APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters), Washington, DC
1994 – 2000
Member, Center for NonProfit
1994 – 2000
Member, Artpride, Bordentown, New Jersey
Fundraising / Benefits / Development
1986 – Present
Gala Leadership Committee Member, Career Transition for Dancers Anniversary Jubilee, New York, New York
1994 – 2000
Development Director, Terpsichore Sand
1996 – 1998
Development Director, Daring Project (Artistic Directors Margo Sappington and Valentina Kozlova, The Joyce Theater, New York, New York)
Abbreviated List of Credits as Chairperson and Event Producer
- New Jersey Audubon Society, 2008 – present
- American Choreography Awards, Los Angeles, California, 2002 – 2004
- American Repertory Ballet, Princeton, New Jersey, 1998
- American Cancer Society, New York, New York, 1995
- New York City Ballet’s Dance With The Dancers (inaugural benefit), New York, New York, 1987
- Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York, 1990
- Astaire Awards, New York, New York, 1987
- Dance Theatre of Harlem “Junior Board of Directors, New York, New York, 1985
- Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts, 1982 – 1985
- Saratoga Polo Association (inaugural event), Saratoga, New York, 1984
- Yaddo, Saratoga, New York, 1982
- National Museum of Tennis/Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, Rhode Island, 1979
Volunteerism
- Joplin, Missouri tornado aftermath. Brought much-needed supplies to tornado ravaged area. Worked with Catholic Charities and ASPCA during 1-week stay. 2011
- Ghana: Travelled as part of “Hearts of the Father Outreach Program” to visit and provide supplies to various orphanages throughout Ghana. 2010
Philanthropy / Sponsorships / Underwriting
▪ American Ballet Theatre
▪ American Ballroom Theatre
▪ American Choreographers Awards
▪ American Dance Machine
▪ American Repertory Ballet
▪ Angela Jones Dance
▪ Art Take
▪ Astaire Awards
▪ Avila/Weeks Dance
▪ Ballet Florida
▪ Ballet Next
▪ Barbara Duffy
▪ Batoto Yehtu
▪ Brooklyn Academy of Music
▪ Bucks County Performing Arts
▪ Calck Hook Dance Theatre
▪ Career Transitions for Dancers
▪ Catholic Charities
▪ Chautauqua Institute
▪ Colorado Ballet
▪ Dance New Amsterdam (DNA)
▪ Dance Notation Bureau
▪ Dance Theatre of Harlem
▪ Donna Reed Foundation
▪ Gallim Dance
▪ Guggenheim Museum
▪ Grounds for Sculpture
▪ Hearts of the Father Outreach Program
▪ Hunterdon Museum of Art
▪ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
▪ Juilliard School of Dance
▪ Kattsban
▪ Los Angeles Contemporary Ballet Company
▪ Margie Gillis
▪ Mary G. Roebling Musical Scholarship
• Meredith Monk/The House
• Metropolitan Opera
• Michener Museum
• National Dance Institute
• National Museum of Dance
• New Jersey Audubon Society
• New Jersey Ballet
• New Jersey Tap Ensemble
• New York City Ballet
• New York Studio School
• Paul Taylor Company
• Pennsylvania Ballet
• Philadanco
• Princeton School of Ballet
• Roxey Ballet
• Sarasota Ballet
• Saratoga Performing Arts Center
• Save Venice
• School of American Ballet
• Spirit in Motion Dance Theatre
• Springboard Montreal
• Sundance Festival
• Tap Times Two Dance Company
• The Australian Ballet
• The Daring Project
• The Hong Kong Ballet
• The Joyce Theatre
• The Rock School of Ballet
• The Trenton Symphony
• University of South Carolina School of Dance
• Washington Ballet
• Whitney Museum
• Yaddo