A native of Honolulu, Jeff Michael Rebudal is the Artistic Director & Arts Administrator with Rebudal Dance.  Jeff is also an original founding member of the critically acclaimed Seán Curran Company. Mr. Rebudal’s choreographed the American Premier of Philip Himberg’s Paper Dolls in Washington, DC.  His opera and theatre choreography credits include L’Etoile (New York City Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Glimmerglass Opera, Bergen National Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Austin Lyric Opera), Romeo et Juliette, La Traviata, La Rondine, and A Little Night Music (Michigan Opera Theatre), and Carmen (Cincinnati Opera) in which the Metropolitan Opera News described the dances as “…delightful choreography…. a bright moment.”   He also  choreographed Two Gentlemen of Verona for The Old Globe and his concert dance choreography has also been presented at Joyce SoHo, Danspace Project, Lincoln Center, NYC Downtown Dance Festival, Cunningham Studio, and DUMBO Dance Festival, among other venues such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila and Anargyrios & Korgialenios Theatre of Helioupolis in Greece. 

Mr. Rebudal is a member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, National Association of Arts Administrators and is longtime board member for the American College Dance Association and currently serves as Vice President for Membership.  He has also been a performing arts panelist for New York Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Council, The Kresge Foundation, among others.  Professor Rebudal finished his final years as Associate Professor and Director of Dance at Wayne State University and also taught at Connecticut College, University of Oklahoma and Wells College.  Jeff has an MFA in Performing Arts Management & Dance from the American University and a BA in Dance & Journalism from the University of Hawai’i at Mãnoa.  He resides in Manhattan and is the  Director and Assistant Clinical Professor of Arts & Entertainment Management graduate program  for the Lubin School of Business at Pace University.