Derek Reid
Derek Reid,Associate Professor of Dance, began
his training at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in his native
Washington, D.C. He subsequently studied in intensive programs with
Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond
Ballet and Butler University, from which he received a B.F.A. in
Dance. Mr. Reid's professional dance career spanned fourteen years,
during which time he performed with the Louisville Ballet,
Pennsylvania Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens and Ballet Met in Columbus, Ohio. He performed and
created leading roles in works by such internationally acclaimed
choreographers as Choo San Goh, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian,
Nacho Duato, James Kudelka, Mark Morris and Ohad Naharin. His
repertoire ranged from the classical to the contemporary, as he
performed roles as varied as the prince in The Nutcracker to roles
in works by choreographic masters such as Antony Tudor, Vaslev
Nijinsky, Irina Nijinska, Agnes de Mille, and George
Balanchine.
Mr. Reid's television credits include PBS's production of Dance
Theatre of Harlem's Fall River Legend,choreographed by Agnes de
Mille, as well as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Dancers
for Lifegala, in which he performed the pas de deux from Nacho
Duato's Rassemblement. Another highlight of his career was dancing
Duato's CorPerdutat the Acropolis in Athens, Greece with the Gala
des Etoiles. Prior to teaching at the Fort Wayne Ballet, Mr. Reid
taught summer workshops at the Northwest Florida Ballet. His
choreographic contributions at the Fort Wayne Ballet include
Ceremony, Jeux d'Enfantsand The Firebird. Mr. Reid teaches Ballet
Technique and Dance History.