Michael Reed

Michael Reed has worked with ASU Gammage since retiring in 1995 from an international dance career. Mr. Reed oversees programming for ASU Gammage and ASU’s Kerr Cultural Center Kerr, cultural participation/education programs, as well as all fiscal, artistic, marketing, administrative, personnel, and physical plant for the Kerr Center. Recently awarded the Western Arts Alliance’s Leadership Award, Michael has served as a board member for Western Arts Alliance, co-chair for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters annual conference (APAP), a Hubsite and Advisor for the National Dance Project, a British Council showcase delegate – Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and a panel speaker for The Australian Council for the Arts, The Canada Council for the Arts, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, The Broadway League and Dance/USA. Mr. Reed is an active member of the Broadway League and serves on that organizations conference planning committee. Michael has presented Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Philip Glass, Bill T. Jones, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, The Bolshoi Ballet, Anne Bogart/SITI Company, Eiko & Koma, Batsheva Dance Company, Chekhov International Theater Festival, The Israel Camerata, Daniel Bernard Roumain, The Apple Hill String Quartet, El Teatro Campesino (Luis Valdez), and many other artists. In his work at ASU Gammage he has also commissioned original scores by Kareem Roustom, Quetzal Guerrero, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and Paul Dresher. His programs have been the recipient of awards from The Met Life Foundation, 100 Black Men, and The Arizona Department of Commerce.