MATTHEW IS BORN AND RAISED IN IDAHO, GRADUATED FROM INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY AND ATTENDED A YEAR AT THE JOFFREY/NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY.

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IN 2000, HE JOINED THE JOFFREY BALLET. MATTHEW HAS WORKED AND PERFORMED WITH DONALD BYRD'S SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER, ALONZO KING'S LINES BALLET, BALLET NY , COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET, THE SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET, ARMITGE GONE ! DANCE, BALLET X, THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO, MORPHOSES AND THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM.

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MATTHEW WAS FEATURED IN ROBERT ALTMAN'S FILM "THE COMPANY",  HE WAS THE RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER ON THE NATIONAL TOUR OF BILLY ELLIOT, AS WELL AS, PERFORMING THE ROLL OF OLDER BILLY.  HE MADE HIS BROADWAY DEBUT ON BROADWAY IN THE CAST OF PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

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MATTHEW IS CURRENTLY, THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL'S MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAMMING. THE HEAD OF THE DANCE DEPARTMENT AT THE INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY. THE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND STAR OF THE HIT REALITY SHOW "JOFFREY ELITE" CREATED FOR AWESOMENESS TV AND YOU TUBE.

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WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK AT PURE PERFORMANCE