Season 7 : E13 : Choreographer Otis Sallid: Style & Substance Bar None

My next guest, Director and Choreographer Otis Sallid, has not only style but substance beyond compare. His close attention and keen eye for detail always make something special out of everything he touches.His accomplishments as a producer, director and choreographer in theater, television and film are known throughoutthe entertainment industry. His work in Spike Lee’s “SCHOOL DAZE”,  “DO THE RIGHT THING” and “MALCOLM X”,  the opening titles for the television shows “LIVING SINGLE” and “SUDDENLY SUSAN”,  Disney’s “SISTER ACT II” and Thomas Carter’s “SWING KIDS” has positioned him amongst the most notable producers, directors, and choreographers. While at the Juilliard School, Otis spent nights studying, acting and directing at the NEIGHBORHOODPLAYHOUSE and soon thereafter became a member of the distinguished NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY working with distinguished actors, Denzel Washington, Adolph Caesar, Antonio Fargas and Roscoe Lee Brown. Otis worked his way through numerous Broadway shows including “THE WIZ”, “PURLIE”, “HALLELUJAH BABY”, “TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA”,“DON’T BOTHER ME I CAN’T COPE” and  “ME AND BESSIE”.