Amy Paul Giordano

As the executive director of GUS: The Original Gus Giordano Dance School, Amy Giordano carries on the legacy of dance instruction forged by her parents, Gus and Peggy Giordano, and practiced since 1953. Amy is also the artistic director of the Gus Legacy Company and the founder & executive director of The Gus Giordano Jazz Legacy Foundation, founded in 2017, the year that Culture Shock Chicago honored her for her outstanding commitment to preserving her father’s legacy. In 2018 Giordano was awarded the Kurt Mathiasson Award for service to Chicago’s Andersonville community. Following her father’s passing, in 2008, Amy produced the documentary, Gus: An American Icon.