Associate Professor of Dance at Oakland University, Gregory Patterson is the founder and Artistic Director of Patterson Rhythm Pace Dance Company.

He is a native of Toledo, Ohio, and received his B.A. from Bowling Green State University and his M.F.A. from the University of Michigan.He has been dancing professionally in the Midwest for over twenty years.

Mr. Patterson has been a member of Harbinger Dance Company, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (EDE), Ann Arbor Dance Works, and Rigmarole Dance Company. He has also performed as a guest artist with both the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and the Doug Elkins Dance Company from New York.

Mr. Patterson has travelled extensively teaching at college dance festivals and various workshops, and has choreographed for universities, high schools, studios and dance companies.His work has been performed by EDE, Orchesis Dance Co. at Western Michigan University, University Performing Dancers (BGSU), Alma College, and Bal-Chi Dance Company based in Chicago.

Mr. Patterson has received the Maggie Allesse Choreography Award, and his work has been chosen for the Leo Choreography competition at the Jazz Dance World Congress. His signature piece “Who’s the Boss”, was performed in Russia as part of an EDE appearance with the Pushkin Ballet.

In 2003 Mr. Patterson choreographed Die Fledermaus for the Michigan Opera Theatre. This past summer he traveled to Greece to teach, choreograph, and perform as part of the University of Detroit’s Classical Theatre Summer Study Program.