Deney Terrio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Deney Terrio

Choreographer, television personality

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1950

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Profession: actor, choreographer, presenter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Deney Terrio

  • Denis George Mahan (born June 15, 1950), better known as Deney Terrio, is an American choreographer and host of the television musical variety series Dance Fever from 1979 to 1985.
  • Raised in Titusville, Florida, Terrio achieved fame as the dance coach and choreographer for John Travolta in the movie Saturday Night Fever.
  • During his heyday with Dance Fever, he appeared in a number of films, including The Idolmaker, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, A Night in Heaven and Knights of the City and guest starred on popular television series of the time including The Love Boat.
  • Throughout the 1990s, he toured nightclubs, performing with Motion and judging dance contests. In recent years, he has appeared on several VH1 specials and co-hosted the 2004 PBS special Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion which featured many popular disco artists from the 1970s and actress Karen Lynn Gorney.
  • During the show, Terrio and Gorney danced to Tavares’ live performance of “More Than a Woman”, as Gorney had with John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. Currently Terrio is hosting his own disco radio show on the Sirius satellite radio network and is a choreographer and competitor at regional Dancing with the Stars competitions. In 1991, he sued Merv Griffin, the show's producer, for sexual harassment; the US$11.3 million case was later dismissed. In 2015, Terrio sued the toy company Hasbro in a federal court for creating an animated gecko and toy figurine named Vinnie Terrio.
  • He alleged that his publicity rights were violated by the gecko and figurine.
  • In February 2016, Terrio and Hasbro settled Terrio's claims out of court.

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