Dean has Directed / Choreographed and /or produced many shows including Cats, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia, 42nd Street, Broadway bigger than ever! with Jackie Clarke, The Rocky Horror Show with Richard Long and the touring Chicago starring Michael Barrymore and Tina Cross.

2022 saw Dean McKerras School of Dance rebranded as RED STAR DANCE offering the Danceman an opportunity to reboot thirty years of tradition.

Having gained a Diploma of Teaching and Bachelor of Education, Dean has created and implements a ‘Dance in Education’ programme, which has seen him share dance with over 50,000 school children. Alongside Dance Resources he has written, Dean is in demand for Professional Development Courses and is a guest lecturer at Massey University College of Education.

He currently shares his ‘passion and energy’ for dance with students through master classes which see him travelling around New Zealand, and internationally has taught in Vancouver, London and the Philippines.

Dean is the creator & director of the DanceNZmade branding which runs competitions and workshops around the country for studios and schools, and provides Hip Hop, Contemporary and Performance (jazz based) Levels- a syllabus being danced in studios around the country.

Taking off his dance shoes, Dean enjoys compering, gardening and dabbles in Interior Design. He is blessed together with Liette to be raising two future All Blacks Samuel and Benjamin, a dancing Amelia destined to take over one day!

It is an unequalled passion and energy for Dance, in performance, choreography, and teaching, which makes this ‘danceman’ unique.