A former dancer turned arts writer and critic living in Cleveland, Ohio, Steve studied ballet and modern dance with Arline Ashton Hay, Robert Steele, Patricia Heigel-Tanner, and Kathy Short Gracenin.

He performed classical and modern works during his dance career, sharing the stage with noted dancers Robert LaFosse, Antonia Franceschi, Stacy Caddell, Joseph Duell, Robert Wallace, Sandra Brown, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Steve has a degree in Communications from The Pennsylvania State University and is Chairman Emeritus of the Dance Critics Association, an international association of dance journalists.

His writing credits (since 1997) include articles and reviews on dance and the arts for:

Newspapers: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), The Buffalo News (Buffalo), Pittsburgh City Paper (Pittsburgh), Erie Times-News (Erie), ArtVoice (Buffalo), Chautauquan Daily (Chautauqua, NY), and Pittsburgh Current (Pittsburgh, PA).

Magazines: Dance Magazine (New York), Pointe (New York), Dance International (Vancouver), Dance Studio Life (Norton, MA), Dance Teacher (New York), Dance Retailer News (New York), Dancer (Miami), Stage Directions (New York), and Cheerleading (Miami).

Web Publications: Fjord Review (Toronto), artsair.art (Cleveland), ExploreDance.com (New York), Dance/USA's From The Green Room E-Journal (Washington, DC), Cultured.gr (Grand Rapids), The Rapidian (Grand Rapids), DanceTabs (London), and CriticalDance (Seattle).

Steve was also Associate Editor of ExploreDance.com and is the creator of the arts website artsair.art and the Facebook groups Arts Air NE Ohio - Dance Community Hub and Arts Air Dance Ohio.

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