Joe Gonzalez

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And even on the admin side, no, it's not fun work, but this is my baby.

My name is Joe Gonzalez.

I am currently live in a little bit of both Massachusetts and New York.

I am co-founder and executive artistic director of my own company called Joe May Dance Theater, as well as a performing artist and associate artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York City.

My first dance class, I was 11 years old.

My mom saw me dancing around the house.

And, you know, at the time when she did sign me up, I was actually mad at her.

I was like, I don't want to do this.

I don't want to dance.

But once I got there, the first day instantly was fell in love.

This is what I'm supposed to do.

This is where I'm supposed to be.

But back then, you know, we couldn't afford the thousand dollars a month ballet classes that were offered.

And so the director there was like, we can work with you, whatever you have.

With my business partner, 2011 is when we founded our company.

I was a senior in college.

So we used to teach around all over Boston, like different studios, different community centers.

And we found ourselves just like seeing a lot of talent out there.

And like, you know, most of these kids, they come from not well families or not financially stable or how can we make this happen?