Terry Wilson

Terry Wilson

Terry Wilson has been performing, teaching, and choreographing in San Diego for 37 years. She has just recently become the Artistic Director of San Diego Dance Theater. Her performing years included many dances created by Jean Isaacs and Nancy Mc Caleb, as well as many other local, national, and international artists.  In 2000, Terry received the San Diego Area Dance Alliance Tommy Award for best female performer in San Diego. She has choreographed for nine seasons of SDDT’s Trolley Dances. In 2015 and `19, as part of the City College Dance Collective, Terry’s work was seen at the San Diego International Fringe Festival, where the Collective won best site-specific performance and best dance performance, respectively. Highly valuing education, Terry earned a BS in Psychology from SDSU and an MFA in dance on full scholarship from the University of Michigan. Terry is a professor at San Diego City College and a lecturer at UCSD.  Terry is deeply invested in the dance community in San Diego. Now, as Artistic Director at San Diego Dance Theater, she hopes to create more opportunities for everyone to perform and enjoy movement!!