Joe Tremaine Research Paper

Dance competitions provide dancers with a different type of dance than the basics such as ballet and modern companies. Joe Tremaine started this path that has now lead into a full blown competitive dance world.

Joe Tremaine started dancing when he was four years old in Oak Ridge, Louisiana. His mother put him in dance class because he was a shy kid. She would take him to dance class three times a week in Monroe which was a 35 mile drive. He loved it and was immediately hooked from the first dance class he ever took. Once in high school, he began to teach dance and then continued with his passion in college. Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at Northeastern University of Louisiana. To then continue on his path of dance in New Orleans
After this event in his career, he then moved to New York City to pursue a career in theatre. Once there he landed dance and summer stock jobs. He performed in Caterina Valente’s European Shows, became a June Taylor Dancer on "The Jackie Gleason TV Show", worked on the movie "Hello, Dolly," performed in "Ed Sullivan Specials" and was asked to be the lead dancer on "The Jerry Lewis Show" at NBC Television in Burbank. Following that, he put together his own act called "Black, White and 14". On opening night, Line Renaud and Loulou Gaste helicoptered in, caught the performance and hired them on the spot to star in their new Las Vegas review "Flesh". The show ran for a year at Caesar’s Palace and regularly sold out shows. Aside from the preforming part of Tremaine’s life was his studio. Joe opened his own dance studio in California in 1971, "Joe Tremaine Dance Center”. He said that this was possible through the connections he made on The Jerry Lewis Show. He continued to run his studio for nearly thirty years. After ten years of running his studio, he decided to start Tremaine Dance Conventions and Competitions in 1981. Joe and his staff toured the country every year bringing professional