“Whether I’m teaching, performing, or building platforms, it all comes down to empowering artists and making dance more connected, and future-ready.”
Jay-T Schrameck
Canadian Competition Advisor
Jay T is a Dora Mavor Moore nominated performer, educator and adjudicator. His teaching career spans Canada’s most prestigious post-secondary arts institutions and dozens of dance studios. A graduate of Ryerson University’s Dance Program, he has been a faculty member at Randolph College, George Brown College & Saint Lawrence College and a guest instructor at Sheridan College, Canada’s National Ballet School, Etobicoke School of the Arts, Eastern Arkansas Ballet, Duboforce Mexico. He is the Tap Director at Dimensions in Dance and a choreographer for World Performers Canada.
He has performed in theatres around the globe and on broadway tours for Stratford Festival, Mirvish Productions, Drayton, Stage West, Charlottetown, and dozens more. Some of his favourite roles include Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain, Lumiere in Beauty & the Beast, Bobby in Crazy for You, Skimbleshanks in Cats, Pepper in Mamma Mia, and Nana in Peter Pan.
An accomplished VoiceOver & TV actor, he is the voice of Platy on Arthur, Mr Security on Inspector Gadget, Tad on Totally Spies, Felix on Trucktown, Databot/Buildbot/Garbagebot on Space Ranger Roger, Blinky on Willa’s Wildlife, Hadyn on Dark Sector, and Gavin on the animated feature Gracie & Pedro. You may have seen him on Handmaid’s Tale (Netflix), Mayday (Discovery), Lost Girl (Showcase), Getting Along Famously (CBC), and Queer As Folk (Showtime).
Jay T is one of North America’s most prolific talent adjudicators. He is a member and content contributor for three adjudication certification programs including the Professional Adjudicators Alliance, Certified Dance Adjudicator, and Acro Dance Adjudicator.
He is the owner of Tap Shoes Canada and is the Global Director of Customer Service for Miller & Ben Tap Shoes. Jay is the Host/Owner of Dance Attack Competition and the Director of Programming/Owner of the Toronto Dance Teacher Expo. He is the CoFounder of Dance PossAbilities - a pedagogical certification focused on inclusive and accessible practices for students of all abilities.