Originally from Waterbury, CT Mr. Goodman began his dance training at The School of the Hartford Ballet under a Dance City Youth Scholarship. There, Mr. Goodman received classical ballet, modern, composition, jazz & African movement training while studying in the pre-professional program from 1990 to 1998. Mr. Goodman was concurrently member of the Hartford Ballet's Touring Ensemble Troupe until the school closed its doors in 1998. Performance credits include The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Le Sacred u Printemps and Amazed in Burning Dreams.
 At 16, Mr. Goodman joined the American Ballet Theatre Studio company, and in 2000 was promoted to the main Company. 　Among Mr. Goodman?fs Company credits include Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Merry Widow, Etudes, The Nutcracker and Theme and Variations.
 From 2003 until 2005 Mr. Goodman went on to perform with the Pennsylvania Ballet. 　Mr. Goodman?fs Company credits include Four Temperments, Agon, Christopher Weeldon?fs new Swan Lake, and Peter Martins Fearful Symmetries. 　

 From 2005 until 2006 Mr. Goodman was a dancer with Carnival Cruise Lines.
 Mr. Goodman was a dancer in the film Center Stage and appears in the published works "The Dancer Book"