Originally from Manchester, NH, Joe attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and moved to New York City shortly thereafter. Joe began his career in the automotive industry in sales, rental, and fleet leasing. When the opportunity for Joe to take a position at the (then) largest publisher of dance related media arose, he jumped at the chance to put two of his passions (the arts and sales) together. After two years and several promotions, Joe left the dance media publishing business for the apparel manufacturing industry. Joe's brand, Pilates Sport, quickly grew to receive a purchase order from QVC, America's largest home shopping network. At that point, he decided to sell that business and return to dance publishing. Joe took over the day to day operations of Dancer Publishing Co., Inc. from Owen Goldman in May of 2007 and hasn't looked back. Joe and Owen, along with the more recent addition of Katie Farhat, run Dancer as an executive team, with plans to grow the company across all genres of both dance and media.
Katie began her life in dance at the age of six in Jacksonville, FL where she competed with Debbie's Dance Company and Marta Jackson's School of Dance. She was accepted to the high school dance department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and graduated with honors. Upon graduation, she received several academic and dance scholarships, ultimately completing her BFA in Dance at Marymount Manhattan University. Immediately after fast tracking her undergraduate course work in three years, Katie went on to pursue her post graduate degree in dance at Laban in London, UK where she earned an MA in Dance Studies with a focus on Aesthetics, Art Criticism and Choreological Studies. While in the UK and upon her return to the states she immersed herself in the professional dance world, working as a dance teacher, performer, chorographer and took up several internships in arts administration. Finding her niche in development for the arts, Katie landed a junior sales position at Lifestyle Media Inc., where she quickly worked her way up the ranks to senior management. In her current role Katie works with the publisher and owner to oversee business development and client management at Dancer Publishing and also works closely with the creative team on content development.
Dancer Editor Laura Diffenderfer stepped into the Karen McWilliams School of Dance in Lincoln, Nebraska at age 4 and thus began a lifelong passion for dancing. Laura has studied ballet, tap, jazz, musical theater, and numerous forms of modern dance including Tayor, Limón, and Graham techniques.
Previous to coming to Dancer, Laura worked as a company manager and grant writer for numerous modern dance companies, as well as on the production team of the long-running PBS dance series "Dance in America."
Laura holds a BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) and an MA in Performance Studies from New York University, where her studies focused on the intersection of politics and performance.
Laura also currently works as a choreographer on freelance projects and for her company, Oh Dear Dance Theatre. An active member of the New York modern dance community for the past 10 years, Laura also sits on the Advisory Board for the MMC Dance Department.
Dan Graham was introduced to Dancer Publishing while designing an ad
for one of their advertisers in January of 2008. Shortly after, he
joined the team as Media Director and Webmaster of the Dancer Universe
family of websites. Dan is responsible for creating, designing and
managing all online media, information, and online advertising. Due to
his strong background in layout, information architecture, video
editing, online marketing, and both print and web design, Dan has been
an integral part of the recent expansion and changes made to make
Dancer the most viable source of dance information.
Dan has over 11 years experience in the graphic design field, starting
when he was 12 years old working for his father's e-commerce company.
Following in the footsteps of a long line of successful entrepreneurs,
he then branched off on his own to start Superior Media and Marketing
at the age of 15. Dan attended Long Island University and graduated at
the top of his class with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Advertising. After
school, he continued growing his business working with clients both in
and out of the dance industry. Currently, Dan resides in the Catskill
Mountains where he snowboards in the winter and golfs in the summer.
Lindsay Dreyer is Dancer Magazine's Editor at Large. She began her dance training studying tap, jazz, ballet, and modern in Plantation, Florida under the artistic direction of Meg Segreto. A member of Segreto's Perpetual Motion Dance Company, she performed at various community events and attended innumerable conventions and competitions. At 13, Lindsay won Second Runner Up at America's National Teenager Pageant, receiving a special award for highest score in the talent portion. Later, she studied ballet under Magda Aunon and was a member of Fort Lauderdale Ballet Classique. Here, Lindsay danced Soloist roles in the Nutcracker and performed annually at the Southeast Regional Ballet Association Gala.
In addition, she studied under Deborah Buttner of the International Ballet Company in Davie, Florida, originating Principal roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker and Evil Stepsister in Cinderella. The founder of the International Ballet Company Community Outreach Dance Program, she taught the art of ballet to underprivileged children and earned the Prudential Spirit of Community State Finalist award for her work. Lindsay attended summer programs at the Rock School, Chautauqua Workshop and Festival, Harid Conservatory, and Boston Ballet. Lindsay holds a B.A. in Political Science and a B.F.A. in Dance from Barnard College of Columbia University, where she graduated Cum Laude and choreographed original works for Minor Latham Playhouse and Orchesis. A member of Screen Actors Guild, she has appeared in numerous national television commercials, industrials, and print advertisements. Lindsay, who has worked extensively in television on such shows as Inside Edition and Rachael Ray, writes, produces, and hosts "Lindsay Live" and other original Dancer Universe video content.
Elizabeth Miller, ‘Lizzie’ to everyone who knows her, grew up in dance. The daughter of a dance instructor, Lizzie grew up taking ballet & jazz for 13 years, as well as teaching classes herself as a teenager.
In high school Lizzie traded dance for the visual arts, taking a summer workshop in drawing & sculpture at the Pacific Northwest College of Art as well as completing a design internship in London. This passion for art ended up transplanting her from Oregon to New York City where she attended Parsons School of Design and received a BFA in Communication Design. While in school Lizzie interned for Spin Magazine, which fueled her love of editorial design.
Upon graduating, Lizzie went to work in advertising at Fly Communications as a junior designer, where she worked on designing websites, emails and branding. Lizzie left Fly in May 2008 to become the new art director at Dancer Magazine and has since redesigned the entire publication.
Ashley Eichbauer began her dance training in Cape Coral, Florida at the age of 4. She went on to win various titles including National Miss Starpower, National Miss DEA, and was Jr., Teen and Miss Dance of Florida for Dance Masters of America. Ashley is a graduate from NYU with a BFA in Theatre and a BA in history. She studied musical theatre at CAP21 and film and TV at Stonestreet Studios. Ashley was a dancer at Busch Gardens in Virginia and danced with 98 Degrees at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Stage credits include West Side Story, Grease, Brigadoon,Guys and Dolls at Paper Mill Playhouse and Tommy and Carousel at Pittsburgh CLO. Ashley was the choreographer and lead dancer for the SUMO World Tour 2006. She has danced in industrials for Wishbone, Cirque productions and Joe Lanteri. Two seasons ago Ashley was a finalist for the FOX TV show, So You Think You Can Dance. Last summer she filmed a movie choreographed by Hinton Battle entitled The Great Observer. She was the assistant choreographer for Baltimore's CenterStage production of A Little Night Music. Ashley is the Assistant Artistic Director and a dancer in The Chase Brock Experience, a contemporary dance company. Ashley is on the faculty at NYU/CAP21 and Peridance in NYC and loves teaching, choreographing and judging across the country. Ashley is thrilled to be on staff of Dancer Publishing and specializes in sales and consulting to dance competitions and colleges and university dance departments.
