Max Vasapoli, M.Ed is a graduate and former staff member of the Brind School of Theater Arts at The University of the Arts and currently serves as an Academic Advisor for High School Programs at The University of Pennsylvania. He is an experienced adjudicator and educator entering his seventh competition season, having adjudicated dancers across the US and Canada for a multitude of competitions. Max adjudicated the Season 8 Finale of Lifetime’s Dance Moms and consulted the Wilma Theatre’s production of Pulitzer Prize-finalist, Dance Nation. He was a founding member of North Shore Music Theatre’s Youth Performance Academy, danced competitively throughout high school, and was awarded a Promising Artist Award to attend The University of the Arts. While pursuing his BFA in Musical Theater, Max taught with companies like Wakefield Repertory Theatre, Stoneham Theatre, Appel Farm Arts Center, and Arthur Murray Dance Studios. Since 2008, Max has performed and taught with Opera Philadelphia where he has been seen in the Opera On The Mall broadcasts of Carmen, The Barber of Seville, the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night, and on news segments like CBS Philly’s Love the Arts in Philadelphia, 6ABC Loves The Arts, and WHYY’s Friday Arts. Max worked alongside Cirque du Soleil’s international tour of Totem in Camden, NJ and his guest speaking credits include The Arden Theatre Company, Temple University, Villanova University, ArtsTechNJ, and Theatre Communications Group. He has been profiled as an Emerging Arts Leader by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, named a Connector and Keeper by LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, and completed his master’s degree in education from the Professional Institute for Educators at The University of the Arts.