Lonny Joseph Gordon who is a professor at the Illinois State University – College of Fine Arts was able to cultivate an international career as a theater design innovator, development spokesman for the arts and solo performer in major concert halls and museums from 1968 till the present. Lonny Joseph Gordon has definitely shown his prowess in the arts with his numerous works, awards and professional experiences. When it comes to Lonny Joseph Gordon’s professional training in the performing arts, these would include the 1975 Ridiculous Theatre Company in New York; 1974 Free Street Theatre in Chicago, 1973 – 1974 Ruth Page Chicago Ballet in Chicago and the 1970 – 1971 Murray Louis – Alwin Nikolais Dance Theatre Lab in New York.

Other professional trainings of Lonny Joseph Gordon in the performing arts includes the 1967 – 1969 Nishikawa School of Classical Japanese Dance in Tokyo with Ritifu Nishikawa and Kocho Nishikawa;  1979 – 1980 with Koisaburo Nishikawa, 1967 – 1969 at the Grand Kabuki Theater in Tokyo with Kanzaburo Nakamura XVII, 1967 International Theater Institute in New York, the 1966 and 1975 Eric Hawkins Studio in New York, 1965 Hanya Holm Studio in New York, the 1964 and 1970 The Actors Studio in New York and the 1963 and 1964 The Martha Graham School of Dance in New York.