Email: jshade@broadwayartistsalliance.org
Specialties: Dance Coaching, Acting Coaching
Skype coaching available? No

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 television 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 recent Carbonell Award nomination. His choreography has been seen off-Broadway (Atlantic Theater and Chelsea Playhouse), 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, Point Park University, and Steps on Broadway! He has an MA in dance therapy (psychotherapy that includes the creative arts), an MBA 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. He is here to make dances, train dancers, and DANCE IT FORWARD!!! Jeff is available for private  coaching (even college pre-screen coaching), private sessions, master classes, and choreography.

Jeff’s Coaching Philosophy

STRENGTHS FIRST! Know what the coachee does well – and build upon that! A SUCCESS driven model, for sure. Building on years of experience on Broadway, television, teaching and choreographing, Jeff’s approach is influenced by his education (Master’s) degrees (that, for all intents and purposes, is like a sports psychologist coming to the performing arts), learning strategies, audition strategies, and performance confiDANCE!

Jeff loves coaching and teaching. It is his vocation and his passion. His students are succeeding on Broadway, in in national tours, on Cruise ships, as professors in colleges, and as directors of arts programs nationwide!