About Tom Smith
Credentials & Training
- Professor of Dance, School of Dance, University of
Akron - Former Faculty and Director of Modern Dance, School of ClevelandSan
Jose Ballet - Former member of The Martha Graham Dance Company
- Over 20 years of applying pilates technique in his dance career
as a performer and teacher - MFA in Dance from The University of California, Irvine
- Trained in pilates by Robert Fitzgerald, Kathy Grant, Julian
Littleford, Diane Diefenderfer and Troy McCarty
Key Performances
- Performed in PBS’s Great Performances “Dance
in America” - Performed on all of the major stages of the world, including
Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Paris Opera, Tivoli, Berlin Opera,
Herode Atticus - Shared the stage with Peter Martins, Rudolph Nureyev and soloists
of the Royal Danish Ballet - Worked with Tom Evert Dance Company, Joan Lombardi Dance Company
and Donald McKayle - Taught nationally and internationally in places as farranging
as Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, The People’s
Republic of China, and Copenhagen, Denmark - Choreographed nationally, most recently for the ClevelandSan
Jose Ballet - Listed in the National Registry of Who’s Who, 2002