Born in Fayetteville, NC, Phil majored in Industrial Relations at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Phil was very active in High School and College Athletics and was a member of the UNC basketball team under Coach Dean Smith. In 1973, Phil began his business career developing 2nd generation entrepreneurial interests in the jewelry industry. He provided vision and great sales acumen allowing the company to expand new product lines and update their business model to meet current customer demand.

Music has been an integral part of Phil’s life and remains a powerful influence on his present day endeavors. After 10 years in the jewelry business, Phil moved his business to Nashville, TN, to pursue singing and songwriting. In addition to opening a recording studio he expanded the wholesale and retail jewelry business to include several pawnshops. Phil published several songs in the 70’s & 80’s with one notable success, a love song that became a national Budweiser commercial, It Must Be Love (Bud)!

While in Nashville, Phil developed a passion for dancing in general, with a special interest in West Coast Swing. In 1995 Phil opened Dance Connection Dance Studio and began his training to become a dance instructor. The studio offered dance education in a variety of dance styles for the local community with workshops and dance camps in TN, AL, MS, & MI. Phil competed in many competitions on the swing circuit. In November of 2005 Phil received the Star Award and was inducted into the National Living Legends of Dance. Phil presently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Living Legends of Dance.

Today, Phillip Dorroll resides in Clearwater, FL, where he is the owner and operator of Dance America Productions. Dance America operates a dance floor company that sells and rents dance floor to major swing and ballroom competitions across the USA. Dance America is also responsible for producing, organizing and directing two West Coast Swing dance competitions, the Tampa Bay Classic and the Michigan Classic Swing Dance Championships. In addition, Dance America hosts two social dance weekends, the Sweetheart Swing Classic and the Summer Swing Classic.

Dance America also operates a dance studio in Clearwater, FL. providing opportunities for education, fitness and social interaction. Phil’s current projects to share his passion for music include developing a dance program to involve the youth in his local and national community.

Phil is proud and honored to be a Director for Global Dance TV and is looking forward to the future with the entire GDTV team as we move into cutting edge areas of Internet programming and production. Global Dance TV will be the vehicle for us all to communicate and share our passion for the art of dance.