Dale Lam is a member of the dance faculty at the University of South Carolina and the founder, artistic director and choreographer of the Columbia City Jazz Dance Company, named "One of the Top 50 Dance Companies in the US" by Dance Spirit magazine. She has a BA in Theatre and Speech from the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

 and received additional theatrical training from Jim Baffico of Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

. She received extensive dance training at the Broadway Dance Center

Broadway Dance Center

Broadway Dance Center, located in the heart of Times Square in New York City, was founded in 1984 a "drop-in" dance training schools in the world, offering over 200 classes a week in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop, Theater and more...

 in New York

New York

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 and continues to train with top instructors from New York and California

California

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.

Dale has taught master classes at the Kiradjiev Cultural Center in Plovdiv

Plovdiv

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, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, the American School in Singapore

Singapore

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, and for the Singapore Dance Association at Lasalle College

LaSalle College

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 of the Arts. She is in great demand as a choreographer and travels extensively each year, setting a diverse body of work for groups such as the Louisiana Delta Ballet, commercials with stars such as Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones

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, solos for Valerie Madonia of the Joffrey Ballet

Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet is a dance company in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1956. From 1995 to 2004, the company was known as The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The company regularly performs classical ballets including Romeo & Juliet and The Nutcracker, while balancing those classics with pioneering modern...

, or various corporate and industrial presentations. In addition, she teaches master classes at studios and dance conventions across the United States, has judged many dance competitions including Star Systems Nationals in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, has conducted several successful after-school programs in South Carolina, and was recently selected as a dance coach for the MTV series "Made".

Dale performed for the King of Norway during an overseas tour of "Godspell

Godspell

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" and was a principal dancer during a European USO tour to Turkey

Turkey

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, Greece

Greece

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, Spain

Spain

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 and Italy

Italy

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. She was dance captain for the Southeastern Theatre Conference Summer Repertory in Fairfield, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, and a principal dancer in "Hooray for Hollywood" at Carowinds. Dale was the head of the jazz faculty for the Myrtle Beach Dance Experience for two seasons and has been featured in the article "Emotion Potion" in "Dance Spirit" and "Dance Teacher" magazines for her inspirational lyrical jazz choreography.

External links

• Dale Lam on the Columbia City Jazz Company Website