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STEELEDANCE was founded in 1995 to support and showcase the unique and imaginative choreography of Teri and Oliver Steele.
Jack Anderson, dance critic of The New York Times, heralded the choreography
Roslyn Sulcas, dance critic of The New York Times, proclaims that "the Steeele's are adept at creating seamless, ever-changing configurations of dancers".
Today STEELEDANCE embodies a varied and distinctive spectrum of choreography that catapults the company to the forefront of the next generation of American Dance Artists. |
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The Creators Teri Lee Steele, born and raised in Los Angeles, has been dancing since she was three years old and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA in Exercise Physiology. Oliver Steele, born in Romania and raised in Germany, began his dance training at the Iwanson Dance Center in Munich at the age of eighteen and moved to New York in 1992. Together they have self produced, co- choreographed, directed and performed several full length concerts in New York City. Their choreography has been commissioned by North Carolina School of the Arts, Joyce Soho presents, In the Company of Men 2004, DNA’s Gene Pool and the Tappan Zee Dance Group. The Steele's work has been presented by and performed at DTW’s Bessie Schonberg Theater, St. Marks Church with Dancers Responding to Aids "The Remember Project", the French Institute, the Agnes Demille Theater at NCSA, the Patricia Nanon Theatre at The Yard, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the Battery Dance Company in their Downtown Dance Festival, the Cunningham Studio, the Evolving Arts Theater at Dance Space, the Master’s School in Dobbs Ferry as well as Steps’ Faculty Showcase, SWEAT and the Elizabeth Pape Memorial Concert. They have taught at the Julliard School, the University of Utah at Salt Lake City, Rutgers University, Hunter College, the University of California at Santa Barbara, North Carolina School of the Arts, Steps on Broadway, Abizaid Arts, Tappan Zee Dance School and internationally at the Iwanson Dance Center (Germany), Matsuyama University (Japan), Dance Camp Companie Champagne (Italy) and Ketsevhagoof Studio (Israel). |
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The Dancers |
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Carolyn Cryer graduated with a B.A. in Dance from Wesleyan University, and has been dancing with Teri and Oliver Steele since 2005. She is rehearsal director and dancer for Doug Elkins' "Fraulein Maria", presented in 2006 and 2007 at Joe's Pub and in 2008 at Lincoln Center. Carolyn has also performed with Miriam Hess, The FeleciaMaria Project, Silver-Brown Dance, The Hudson Vagabond Puppets, Loco 7, Earl Mosley, and Maydance. Carolyn is Education Programs Manager at Dance New Amsterdam, and is a Licensed Massage Therapist specializing in Prenatal Massage and Infant Massage Instruction. |
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Maureen Damaso grew up across from a dairy farm in Upstate New York. While on the farm she started dancing and hasn't stopped since. She received her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase and went on to become a real New Yorker. Along the way she has had the opportunity to work with Sean Curran, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers, Anna Sperber, Mark Drahozal, and The Kevin Wynn Collection. She is currently working on projects with Abraham.In.Motion and Becky Radway. Maureen would like to thank Teri & Oliver for including her into the Steeledance family. |
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Meredith Fages has performed with Alexandra Beller/Dances, Armitage Gone! Dance, Wally Cardona, Heidi Latsky Dance, XYZeta Projects/Jimena Paz, Becky Radway Dance Projects, Steeledance, Palissimo/Pavel Zustiak, Eidolon Ballet, Todd Rosenlieb Dance, and Virginia Ballet Theatre. In June 2010 she will be appearing with Laura Peterson Choreography. She has been featured in the ballets of Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Lew Christensen, and Antony Tudor. Meredith has served as rehearsal assistant for Heidi Latsky and Ginger Thatcher, and she was a member of the faculty for the 2009 Peridance Summer Teen Intensive. She was born in Charleston, SC and graduated from Columbia University with a Pre-Medical Concentration in English |
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Donnell Oakley grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography in 2001. She attended the American Dance Festival in the summers of 1999 and 2001 and had the pleasure of performing as a guest artist with Chuck Davis' African American Dance Ensemble in the summer of 2002. Since moving to New York, Donnell has been involved in the delightful and the questionable. Some of her happiest projects have been working with Teri and Oliver Steele, Amy Chavasse, Ani Weinstein, and her 6 extraordinary years with everything smaller. |
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Justin Ternullo received his BFA from the Purchase Conservatory of Dance where he began collaborating with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola as well as Nelly van Bommel's noa Dance. Justin has had the opportunity to perform works by Lucinda Childs, Buglisi/Foreman, Kevin Wynn, Paul Taylor, Urban Bush Women, and Doug Varone. Since moving to New York Justin has worked with Wendy Osserman Dance Company and STEELEDANCE. He lives/works in Brooklyn, NY where he co-founded Design Brooklyn, a media services company that caters to the arts community. |
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Brandon Whited, born in Poughkeepsie, NY, began dancing at the age of ten upon moving to North Carolina. While earning both his High School diploma and BFA from the NC School of the Arts, he had the privilege of working with a talented and inspiring faculty as well as dancing works by Murray Louis, George Balanchine, Mark Morris, Doug Varone, Alex Ketly, Kevin Wynn and Teri and Oliver Steele. Since moving to New York City Brandon has danced for Randy James Dance Works, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola, and Steeledance. Brandon is currently an apprentice with Shen Wei Dance Arts and is an Artistic Supernumerary at The Metropolitan Opera. Brandon is delighted to be working again with Teri and Oliver Steele. He would like to thank them and this stellar group of dancers for an incredible experience and a source of continual inspiration! |