Experience
Writer, producer and host of the 12 segment podcast about the history and education of American dance, what happened to American entertainment and the commodity of beauty.
A memoir of an orphan’s theatrical and show business mother and father.
Positive Energy Arts Foundation is dedicated to reinstating the arts in primary and secondary education through arts-based enrichment programs and initiatives for students and their communities in Harrisburg and York Pennsylvania. Within 10 years PEAF affected more than 100,000 students. The company’s mission is to create a catalyst for change through performing arts opportunities that inspire, educate, enrich and support participants, schools and urban areas.
Provides representation to a broad base of dancers, choreographers, and entertainers. The company’s objective is to develop marketing strategies for artists, liaison relationships between artists, choreographers, and artistic directors, and to introduce the client to effective representation.
Provides a comprehensive service of consultation and guidance to domestic and international clients in order to educate, promote, direct and define career vehicles and project pathways for industry success.
Guides and informs artists about how to achieve career goals through a series of counseling sessions, evaluations, and seminars. Access points include individual consulting and lecture tours at schools, colleges, and universities.
Charged with governing the board of a Canadian-based contemporary dance project that facilitates the current and future endeavors of artists, choreographers and dance companies by nurturing a network of high caliber dance professionals in a collaborative setting.
Instruction, Seminars, Lectures
Presenter
Honored Guest and Speaker
Commencement Ceremony Keynote Speaker
Lecturer at a combined performing arts seminar: The Business of the Business
Panelist on topic: Reaching underserved communities through arts education
Lecture format to diverse audience of performing arts students: The Business of The Business
Lecture format with actors, musicians, and dancers that focused on specific approaches to career success.
Interactive lecture format seminar provided dance majors with a discussion-based forum regarding future career goals.
Interactive lecture format provided dance majors with a discussion-based forum and one on-one interviews regarding future career goals.
Roundtable discussion with dance majors about the industry, the future of dance, and individual career paths.
Professional Theater Production
A local dance youth education program partnering with Puerto de Oro de Colombia
- Created and developed various media vehicles for dance in film, television, direct-to video, live theater, Las Vegas stages, cruise ship entertainment, and industrial packages
- Dance Consultant/Producer for Elements, Daniel Flannery Productions, Shanghai, China, 2008
- Dance Producer for Xyron, Daniel Flannery Productions, Budapest, Hungary
- Presented Terpsichore Management clients at Choreographers Carnival, Key Club, Los Angeles, California, 2004 – 2005
- Co-Producer, Molly, Long Wharf Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
- Producer and Manager, Calck Hook Danse Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts, The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, and Wooster Place Theater, New York, New York, 1981 – 1985
Not-for-profit Production
- Produced and secured financial backing to bring “The Children’s Music Circus” original production and workshop to seven Elementary Schools, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Produced and secured financial backing to bring “The Environment Kids” original production and workshop to Foose Elementary School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Developed and produced series of “Hip Hop” workshops at Avon Old Farms School, Connecticut
Created a permanent home for dance and the arts in nature, and provided choreographers and dancers with a venue to create new works or restage established works.
An organization devoted to producing educational workshop and performance packages for public schools throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Performing Arts Experience
Credits include: Dick Tracy, New York Stories, King of New York, Radio Days, Tango and Cash, Watching Ellie, The Affair of the Necklace, Something’s Got to Give, Moonlighting, and All My Children
Adjudication
Professional Affiliations
A broadband, on-demand television channel dedicated to delivering modern and contemporary dance and ballet.
Serves as a voice for dancers throughout the world, and encourages the exchange of ideas and awareness about dance in its many forms.
A board of individuals devoted to preserving artistic excellence in dance-making, performance, and education.
A foundation recognized for being the largest donor to the Juilliard Hobin Harp Prize.
Dance/USA sustains and advances professional dance by addressing the needs, concerns, and interests of artists, administrators, and organizations. Dance/USA enhances the infrastructure for dance creation, education, and dissemination.
An organization that assists non-profit performing arts organizations to enhance their results by providing educational services, consultation, and information.
Fosters a favorable climate for the arts in the state of New Jersey by encouraging citizens and elected officials to endorse positions favorable to the arts and the endeavors of individual artists.
Fundraising / Benefits / Development
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