Susan Epstein

Susan was born into the dance world, and at an early age worked in her family’s dance retail business, the renown Taffy’s. She studied dance and began performing at a young age and later earned a BFA in Dance from SMU (Southern Methodist University?),  completing her MFA studies at Case Western Reserve University. After a NYC dance career, Susan joined the family business full time. In that role she is credited with introducing several innovative products and services, building the business and then selling it to the international brand, Capezio. Susan then became an established industry marketing and merchandising consultant. She is a past president of The United Dance Merchants of America and is the founder of the UDMA Dance Resource and Costume Show, directing it for over 20 years. Susan continues her interest in dance and dance products, consulting with industry leaders and guiding them to new opportunities.  Currently, she is developing seminars focused on dance colleges and careers – with the goal of educating dancers of the many pathways their training can take them from performing and teaching to community engagement, and from business and entrepreneurial ventures to dance therapy and healing.  To learn more about her unique dance resource, please visit Dancepathways.org