Dale Lam

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Choreographer Dale Lam

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 and received additional theatrical training from Jim Baffico of Carnegie Mellon University. She received extensive dance training at the Broadway Dance Center in New York and continues to train with top instructors from New York and California.

Dale has taught master classes at the Kiradjiev Cultural Center in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the American School in Singapore, and for the Singapore Dance Association at Lasalle College 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, solos for Valerie Madonia of the Joffrey Ballet, 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, 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" and was a principal dancer during a European USO tour to Turkey, Greece, Spain and Italy. She was dance captain for the Southeastern Theatre Conference Summer Repertory in Fairfield, Tennessee, 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.