WADE SCHAAF hails from the Chicago area and graduated cumme laude from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater arts (emphasis dance performance). During his professional career Wade has danced for such companies as the Ohio Ballet, State Street Ballet Santa Barbara, The Omaha Theater Ballet, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and most recently River North Chicago Dance Company. He has worked with such choreographers as Septime Weber, Stephen Mills, Kennet Oberly, Bill Soleau, Frank Chavez, and Laurie Stallings. Wade has been privileged to dance such roles as Tybalt in Robin Welche's Romeo and Juliet, Snow Pas in Welche's The Nutcracker, and Jonathan in Oberly's Dracula. Currently, he has set his own work on the Omaha Theater Ballet, Groundwork Dance Company, and most recently Wade's work Awakening (premiere at Thodos Dance Chicago's 2009 New Dances choreography performance series) has been accepted into the Thodos Dance Chicago repertoire. Wade is also a certified Pilates instructor and teaches extensively throughout Chicago in most disciplines of dance.