Steele Goldman was raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He began his dance training during his teenage years under the direction of Melody Eggen. Goldman graduated in 2018 from the Dance and Choreography department at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was selected during his freshman year to perform “Attempted Murder” choreographed by Ivy Lohn at the ACDA conference held at George Mason University. During his time at VCU Goldman had the pleasure of performing in pieces by faculty including Martha Curtis, Courtney Harris, Scott Putnam, Autumn Proctor Waddell, and Dr. Gaynell Sherrod. Goldman has had the pleasure to perform in works by esteemed choreographers Lucinda Childs, Shen Wei, Ronald K. Brown, Helen Simoneau, and Macarthur recipient Liz Lerman in the 40th year anniversary of her seminal work “Still Crossing”.
Goldman was able to dance and do a work-study position in the costume department at the Bates Dance Festival. During that time he was selected to perform in works by international choreographers Junichi Fukuda and Li Wenqi. Goldman was granted a full tuition scholarship twice to study at the American Dance Festival in summers of 2016, and 2017.
Goldman has performed with Stavna Ballet, Conflux Ballet Theatre, OM Grown Dancers, RVA Dance Collective, Annielille Gavino and her company Malayaworks. In 2017 Goldman performed “Phosphorescence” a multimedia site-specific piece choreographed by Michelle Koppl as a part of the 1708 Gallery’s InLight exhibition. Goldman worked with Ching-I Chang Bigelow for a site-specific piece in collaboration with Dutch sculptor Noor Nuyten “Let’s Meet at Three O’Clock (Another Uniform Time)” for the inauguration performance at the VCU Institute of Contemporary Art.
Goldman has taught at Richmond Ballet, American Dance Festival, NC State University, Duke University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Triangle Youth Ballet, and many conservatory and competition studios along the mid-Atlantic. Most recently served as associate director of Walltown Dance Company in Durham NC, under the direction of former Ailey dancer Cynthia Penn-Halal.
Including dance, Goldman’s second passion is Japanese cinema. He was the recipient of the VCU Dance Department’s Student Research Award for his research on Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu.
