Terence Lewis
Lewis at the NRI Of The Year awards in Mumbai in 2017
Born (1975-04-10) 10 April 1975 (age 48)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(present-day Mumbai)
Occupation(s)Artistic Director, Choreographer & Singer
Websiteterencelewis.com

Terence Lewis (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian dancer, singer and choreographer. He is known for judging the reality dance shows Dance India Dance (2009–2012) and Nach Baliye (2012–2017).[1][2] He runs his "Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company" in Mumbai and holds dance workshops both in India and abroad.

He has choreographed in Bollywood films like, Lagaan (2001), Jhankaar Beats (2003) and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013), apart from doing musicals, stage shows, ads, music videos and national and international dance competitions.[3][4][5] He was a contestant on Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 (2010) on Colors TV. He was last seen as a judge on India's Best Dancer (2020–2021).

Early life and training

Terence Lewis was raised in Mumbai in a Mangalorean Catholic[6] family of Javier Lewis and Teresa Lewis. Lewis is youngest of eight siblings. He studied and started dancing in St. Theresa's Boys High School, and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He is graduated from IHM Mumbai, formerly known as Dadar Catering College. He is trained in jazz, ballet and contemporary dance at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in New York.[4]

Career

Lewis is a choreographer in several Bollywood films.[5] He has also choreographed a number of stage shows, Indian contemporary performances, corporate launches, broadway westend musicals, feature films and music videos. Lewis won the 2002 American Choreography Award for choreographing the songs of the movie Lagaan along with Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Ganesh Hegde and Vaibhavi Merchant.[7] He is the first Indian to receive the Dance Web Europe Scholarship, representing India in Vienna, Austria. He has also choreographed for movies like What's Your Raashee?, Jhankaar Beats, Naach, etc.

Dance India Dance

Terence Lewis has been a judge on Dance India Dance for its 1st three seasons. In the first season, his contestant Alisha Singh came in second place. In the second season, his contestant Shakti Mohan won the contest. In the third season, his contestants Pradeep Gurung and Raghav Juyal came in second place behind Rajasmita Kar and third place respectively. The most shocking event to happen during the season 3 auditions was the participation of his former assistant, who did so without informing Lewis. Lewis did not judge his performance and left it to the other two judges, who selected him for the next round.

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3

In 2010, Lewis was a contestant on Colors TV's Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 hosted by Priyanka Chopra. The 3rd season for 13 boys was held in Copacabana, Brazil. He was eliminated in the 11th episode of the show.

Filmography

Lewis has done more than 25 movies and musical albums. He is well known for his work in Lagaan, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela and Gold. In 2020, a biopic documentary about his own life Terence Lewis, Indian Man directed by the French director Pierre X. Garnier was released.

Television

Year Name Role Channel Ref
2009 Dance India Dance 1 Judge Zee TV
2009–2010 Dance India Dance 2
2010 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 Contestant Colors TV
2011–2012 Dance India Dance 3 Judge Zee TV
2012–2013 Nach Baliye 5 Star Plus
2013–2014 Nach Baliye 6
2014 Comedy Nights with Kapil Guest Colors TV
2015 Dance India Dance Super Moms 2 Judge Zee TV
2016 So You Think You Can Dance &TV
2017 The Kapil Sharma Show Guest Sony TV
Nach Baliye 8 Judge Star Plus
The Drama Company Guest Sony TV
Dance Champions Judge Star Plus
Dance Plus 3 Guest
2018 Dance Plus 4
2019 Kitchen Champion 5 Colors TV
2019 Dance Plus 5 Star Plus [8]
2020 India's Best Dancer 1 Judge Sony TV [9]
2021 Super Dancer 4 Guest
India's Best Dancer 2 Judge
2022 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 Guest Judge
2023 India's Best Dancer 3 Judge [10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Our dance is more than just technical: Terrence". The Times of India. 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. ..Terrence Lewis who introduced Indian audience to what is now popularly known as 'contemporary'..
  2. ^ "I don't enjoy doing films, says Terence Lewis". The Times of India. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Terence Lewis attempts to break world record". The Times of India. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b "A Contemporary Twist". Indian Express. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b "The 'naach' master". The Hindu. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Terence Lewis' bread pudding". The Times of India. 30 July 2013.
  7. ^ Segal, Lewis (22 October 2002). "Dance awards honor new, unusual". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Geeta Kapur and Terence Lewis join Remo D'souza in Dance+ 5". IWMBuzz. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Malaika Arora, Geeta Kapur & Terence Lewis to judge Sony TV's new dance show". BizAsia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10: Choreographer Terence Lewis to replace judge Karan Johar on the show; read". The Times of India. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10: Paras Kalnawat reveals how Terence Lewis has been a guiding force in his career; says, "Looked back just to see how far I've come"". The Times of India. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

External links

Dance India Dance
Nach Baliye
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
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