Jeff Shade

As part of THD’s Friday Forum Guest Dance Artists program, Jeff Shade will provide a guest master class on Friday, September 22, 2023. Mentored by Bob Fosse - - Jeff Shade has danced on Broadway in SWEET CHARITY (choreographed by Bob Fosse), CHICAGO (dance captain for Ann Reinking’s choreography)), and TEDDY & ALICE. Formerly the DANCE DIRECTOR for the BROADWAY ARTISTS ALLIANCE. Jeff has also 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 a 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 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).