John Sefakis has been president of Dancers Over 40 since 2006, and grown the organization four-fold by expanding the DO40 mission to include panels, socials, casting opportunities and performances as well as opening up the organization to younger members and non-dancers as well. DO40 has raised over $50,000 for BC/EFA at their annual flea market over the past 16 years. John has been a member since 1998, when, as Associate Producer on MetroArts/Thirteen, he arranged for the group to be featured in a week-long tribute on WNET, hosted by theater and dance critic Clive Barnes. Trained as a theater director, John wrote his master’s thesis on Bob Fosse and His Visual Design for the Theater, interviewed Gwen Verdon while in college (University of Maryland), and later, during the MetroArts years, had the opportunity to work with her and feature a week about the Broadway show Fosse on MetroArts/Thirteen. He has worked with Fosse’s daughter, Nicole, and produced four events featuring Verdon and Fosse for Dancers Over 40, including the 40th anniversary and reunion of Dancin’ in 2017. John moved to NYC in 1975 and found dance work almost immediately, teaching tap and jazz at Phil Black’s dance studio, where he taught from 1975 – 1989. He also directed and choreographed many regional and stock productions of Pippin, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Dames at Sea. He was also featured in the John Casavettes film Gloria with Gena Rowlands.
Listed skills include Festivals, Dance, Art, Drama, and 26 others.
