Jodi Porter, Artistic Director
Jodi Porter holds a BFA degree in Modern Dance from a nationally recognized program at the University of Utah that gave her extensive technical experience in dance choreography, performance, and teaching. Ms. Porter's dance background includes master classes and training with the Paul Taylor School, Alvin Ailey dancers, Trisha Brown Company, Sean Curran, and Murray Louis. She has danced professionally with Shipp Dance Theatre, and appeared as a guest artist with Repertory Dance Theatre. From 2002-2007 she has held a full-time position at Ballet San Jose as the Associate School Director, managing a program of over 450 students. She has choreographed successful dance projects with the school including a 1st Prize trophy for the piece Sunset Tango at the International Grand Prix in Cesena, Italy 2005. Other dance credits include directing the Spy Girls, dancers for the San Jose Stealth Professional Lacrosse Team, and choreographing for the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Ms. Porter currently serves on the Performing Arts Committee for the city of Mountain View.
In figure skating Ms. Porter is a USFS freestyle gold medalist. After competing from 1980-1990 she traveled in numerous international ice shows with Disney on Ice and other production companies until 1997. From that point her passion for choreography in dance/skating spurred her to direct and choreograph several skating projects including: SLC Childrenšs Theatre on Ice 1997, Grizz Girlzz Hockey Cheerleaders 1999, SLC Contemporary Ice Theatre 2000, and Jodi Porteršs Urban Ice Project 2002.
In 2002 Ms. Porter was an Assistant Cast Coordinator and performed in the XIX Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies as well as choreographed the opening for the figure skating Exhibition of Champions. She is currently Founder, Artistic Director of American Ice Theatre (AIT), a non-profit performance company that fuses dance with figure skating. AIT has been consecutively funded by the Silicon Valley Arts Council since 2004. AIT performs throughout the Bay Area including intermissions for the SJ Sharks, Downtown Ice, and guests appearances in SF Bay ice shows.
Jodi Porter's Resume in PDF format.
Photo by John Gerbetz
