Bruno Tonioli
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| - | Italian-born choreographer who discovered his showbiz vocation after seeing the film ''Cabaret''. Going against his parent's wishes, he left home to study ballet in Rome and went on to join the Parisian ensemble La Grande Eugene. Arriving in the UK at the age of 20, he became a choreographer working on the musical numbers in ''Not The Nine O'Clock News''. Among his movie credits are "Absolute Beginners", "Enigma" and "Little Voice", and he's worked with Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Elton John (he's in the ''I'm Still Standing'' video), Freddie Mercury and many others. | + | Italian-born choreographer who discovered his showbiz vocation after seeing the film ''Cabaret''. Going against his parent's wishes, he left home to study ballet in Rome and went on to join the Parisian ensemble La Grande Eugene. Arriving in the UK at the age of 20, he became a choreographer working on the musical numbers in ''Not The Nine O'Clock News''. Among his movie credits are "Absolute Beginners", "Enigma" and "Little Voice", and he's worked with Bananarama, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Elton John (he's in the ''I'm Still Standing'' video), Freddie Mercury and many others. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 9 July 2007
Contents |
Shows
DanceX (mentor)
Eurovision Dance Contest (commentator)
A Song for Europe (contestant, 1980)
Strictly Come Dancing (judge)
Biography
Italian-born choreographer who discovered his showbiz vocation after seeing the film Cabaret. Going against his parent's wishes, he left home to study ballet in Rome and went on to join the Parisian ensemble La Grande Eugene. Arriving in the UK at the age of 20, he became a choreographer working on the musical numbers in Not The Nine O'Clock News. Among his movie credits are "Absolute Beginners", "Enigma" and "Little Voice", and he's worked with Bananarama, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Elton John (he's in the I'm Still Standing video), Freddie Mercury and many others.
Trivia
He is also a judge on the US version of "Strictly", Dancing With the Stars.
Web links
A longer list of Bruno's credits from, believe it or not, a fansite for the prog rock group Camel!
