Jeff Shade

About

Mentored by Bob Fosse, Jeff Shade has danced on Broadway in Sweet Charity, Chicago (dance captain) and Teddy & Alice. He has been a guest on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, HBO Christmas, The Today Show, and numerous other TV specials. He has also been featured at Radio City Music Hall!! His choreography has received critical acclaim, including a rave in VARIETY, a New York Musical Theater Festival Best Choreography Award, and a nomination for the Carbonell Award. His choreography has been seen off-Broadway (Atlantic Theater and Chelsea Playhouse) and on American and Japanese Television, and on stages around the world! He has been on the faculty of Harvard University, the Boston Conservatory, Marymount Manhattan College, Montclair State University, Point Park University, and STEPS! He has an M.A. in dance therapy (psychotherapy that includes the creative arts), an M.B.A. in marketing from Columbia University, and he is the founder of HOUSE OF THE ROSES dance-based outreach network (helping to build self-esteem and confidence in hundreds of NYC homeless children every week).