Director's Bio
Cheryl Goodman
Cheryl T. Goodman, Founder/Director of the non profit organization, Dance Baltimore, Inc., is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional and Creative Writing/Verbal and Visual Communications. A classically trained pianist, “dance hobbyist,” published feature writer, successful grantwriter, and on air radio and television personality, Ms. Goodman has studied, worked, and performed in the professional arena of arts and entertainment since 1982, and specifically, non-profit arts administration since 1985.
Ms. Goodman’s work experience in the areas of development, marketing, programming, special events production and technical assistance includes several years of service on the local, state, and national levels. She has created and implemented funding and performance programs for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Her expertise in the performing arts has been sought on grant review panels in dance and music, artistic competitions, advisory committees and conference panels for the Michigan Council on Art and Culture,
Ms. Goodman’s work experience in the areas of development, marketing, programming, special events production and technical assistance includes several years of service on the local, state, and national levels. She has created and implemented funding and performance programs for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Her expertise in the performing arts has been sought on grant review panels in dance and music, artistic competitions, advisory committees and conference panels for the Michigan Council on Art and Culture,
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Kentucky Arts Council, International Conference of Blacks in Dance, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council, and Baltimore City Public Schools.
In the area of dance, Ms Goodman founded the non profit organization, Dance Baltimore in 2003. In its first four years, the organization produced Dance Baltimore!, a free, all day dance festival with youth and professional presentations at The Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Murphy Fine Arts Center and Hippodrome Theatre. The event won the “Best Dance Event in Baltimore” award from Baltimore magazine in its first year, and attracted an audience of close to 3,500 in its third year. Annually, Dance Baltimore produces a number of dance concerts featuring area professional dance companies and perfromers at The Baltimore Museum of Art, Gordon Center for Performing Arts, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland, Murphy Fine Arts Center, Theatre Project, The Creative Alliance at The Patterson and other venues. Dance Baltimore has been contracted in past years to provide performances, classes and other services for Artscape, the country’s largest arts festival; AARP/Maryland, Black Engineer of the Year Awards Ceremony, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, Baltimore City’s Department of Recreation and Parks and others. Dance Baltimore was acknowledged for its role in the community with the Community Organization Leadership in the Arts Award from Muse 360 in February 2008. |
Ms. Goodman is published as a feature writer and critic in several national art and entertainment trade newsletters, online services and magazines such as Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Stage Direction, DanceNews, Inside Arts, JazzTimes, Baltimore’s Sunspot, and BET Weekend and has interviewed dance, theatre and music greats such as Martha Graham, Judith Jamison, Katherine Dunham, David Parsons, Miriam Makeba and more.
Cheryl Goodman still performs on occasion with dance partner Garry Dunn as New Era Dance. 
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