Denisea Woodard Patterson

Denisea started her dance journey at the age of 8 at Ms. Graham’s Dance Academy where she studied jazz, modern, and tap until becoming a dance captain for the Thurgood Marshall Mystics. Denisea has been dancing for over 18 years and has enjoyed being a part of both the Classic Dance Ensemble and Prairie View’s own Marching Storm Black Foxes. She is an experienced dance teacher in styles such as Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop, Modern, and Liturgical style Praise Dance. Denisea’s award winning choreography has led her to create masterpieces for numerous stage productions, competition routines and workshops. Denisea is currently the Artistic Director for Rising Stars Academy of Dance & Performing Arts where she mentors and trains dancers ages 3-18 years of age.