Tom Smith Credentials & Training

About Tom Smith

Credentials & Training

• Professor of Dance, School of Dance, University of
  Akron
• Former Faculty and Director of Modern Dance, School of Cleveland–San
  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 far–ranging
  as Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, The People’s
  Republic of China, and Copenhagen, Denmark
• Choreographed nationally, most recently for the Cleveland–San
  Jose Ballet
• Listed in the National Registry of Who’s Who, 2002