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annual Summer Dance
Intensive, which
provides a rigorous
curriculum fostering
learning and
personal growth,
along with
opportunities to
experience the
company’s
repertoire through
workshops and
performances. The
program’s
Pre-
Professional/
Professional
Division for ages
16 and older and
the
Youth program
(ages 13–15)
learn technique and
DRDT repertoire.
Terence M. Greene, graduate
of CSA and one
of two SDI
guest instructors, has
studied with Karamu House,
Alvin
Ailey American Dance
Center, Cleveland Ballet,
Chuck Davis Dance
Theater, Dayton
Contemporary Dance
Company and the Dayton
Ballet. He has
trained
with Linda Thomas Jones,
Joan Peters, Hope
Clark, Donald
McKayle,
Ulysses Dove, Mike Malone,
Jeraldyne Blunden, Kevin
Ward,
Walter Raines,
James Truitte, Leslie
Braswell, Dawn Wood,
Donald Byrd,
Pearl
Primus and Reggie Kelly,
to name a few. He has
performed
professionally
in Dreamgirls, Jesus
Christ Superstar, Black
Nativity, Show Boat,
The Merry Widow, Carousel
and The Comedy of Errors
at Great Lakes Theater
Festival. Combining a love
for choreography and
teaching young people,
he has worked with
Cleveland School of the
Arts,
Colonel White
School of Performing
Arts, Wittenberg
Dance Ensemble,
Howard University
Children’s Theater,
Purdue University,
Valencia
College,
Kappa School of
Performing Arts,
Dancing Wheels,
Reed Summer
Intensive,
International
Association of
Blacks in Dance
Conference, The
Color Museum,
Greene Medcalf
Movement, August
Wilson Dance
Theater,
Strivers
School of Performing
Arts, Verb Ballet,
American Dance
Festival
in North
Carolina, Ballet
Tech, Ballet
Performing Arts
Association as
well
as the Folk Dance
Festivals in China,
Korea, Russia,
Poland and
Germany. He has
worked with
choreographers Eleo
Pomare, Dianne
McIntyre,
Ronald K.
Brown, Debbie
Blunden-Diggs,
Talley Beatty,
Shapiro and
Smith,
Dwight Roden,
Desmond Richmond,
Kevin Iega Jeff
and many more.
Recently, Greene
created a work in
honor of the
award-winning
movie
Hidden
Figures, which
his company
Greene Works
Project performed
for
Academy
Award-winning
actress Octavia
Spencer. Mr.
Greene is the
founder, CEO and
artistic director of
The Greene Works
Project and
program manager
for Tri-C Creative
Arts Dance Academy.
When and how did you
first discover dance
and decide it would be
your life’s work?
I discovered dance
when my boxing coach
suggested that I take
ballet to
help with
coordination. He was
just kidding, but I took
it literally. I
ended up
liking dance more than
boxing and decided to
stay in it.
What have been
some highlights of
your professional
dance career? Both
as a performer and
choreographer?
One of the highlights for
me as a professional
would be dancing as
a
principal dancer
with Dayton
Contemporary Dance
Company (DCDC),
touring
to Moscow,
Russia and dancing on
the famous stage
where the Kirov Ballet
performed.
What made you decide to become an instructor? What particular satisfaction does it give you?
I wanted to come back to my community and make a difference and bring
excellence to my city. I wanted to sew into the young people all the
knowledge that was sent into me throughout extensive my career. I get
unspeakable joy from teaching, but most of all, it gives me life!
What inspired you to found The Greene Works Project?
There were no black repertory companies enriched in the black tradition
left in Ohio besides DCDC. It was very much needed in Cleveland. I heard
about the CPAC Creative Arts Workforce Fellowship grant for
choreographers that would award $20,000, and I was blessed to receive
that award in 2014.
What are you looking forward to while you work with Deeply Rooted in Chicago this summer?
First and foremost I want to be a blessing for a blessing which will
instill love, kindness, care, stability, dedication, friendship and
excellence!
Don't miss Deeply Rooted Dance Theater's Summer Dance Intensive
and Emerging Choreographers Showcase performances
Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m. at
the Reva and David Logan Center for the Performing Arts,
915 E. 60th Street, Chicago.
A reception follows the July 20 performance.
Tickets are $25; a VIP ticket of $150
provides additional support for these programs.
Tickets are available at summer-dance-intensive-2019.eventbrite.com
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