Tony Testa
| Anthony Joseph Testa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anthony Joseph Testa 31 March 1987 Fort collins, CO, U.S. |
| Occupation | Live Stage, Music Video Choreographer/Creative Director |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | Official site |
Anthony Joseph "Tony" Testa (born 31 March 1987) is an American choreographer, creative director, educator, and dancer.
Testa started dancing at eight years old in his hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado at Westin Arts Academy & Artistic Fusion Dance Academy. His career as a choreographer began when he made a homemade demo reel using his mother's video camera. In 2002 Tony was picked by choreographer Brian Friedman to tour with Aaron Carter for his "Jukebox "Tour. in his demo reel was seen by Janet Jackson, who hired him to choreograph on her promotional tour that year.
Testa has also choreographed for Britney Spears, and for Nickelodeon's "Dance on Sunset" (2008). In 2010, he began choreographing for Kylie Minogue and went on to do her "All The Lovers," "Better Than Today," & "Get Outta My Way" music videos. He was the Associate Director & Choreographer for her "Aphrodite: Les Folies" World Tour (2011).
Testa was hired by director Kenny Ortega as an associate choreographer for Michael Jackson's final tour "This Is It," "Dancing With The Stars" feat. Corbin Bleu, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Benefit for The Painted Turtle, and the remake movie "Dirty Dancing".
In November 2011, Testa co-directed the opening of the American Music Awards with Wade Robson. Later that year he went on as the Creative Director for Season 1 of "The Voice UK" and for one direction on Saturday Night Live (Season 37, Episode 18).
In 2012, Testa choreographed for the K-pop band SHINee in their music video "Sherlock" which earned the band "Best Dance Performance Male Group" at the MNET Asian Music Awards 2012. Since then he has also choreographed the music videos and live performances for SHINee's "Dreamgirl," "Everybody", and "Married to the Music" as well as TVXQ's "Catch Me" (known in Korea as 'Hulk Dance'). Testa has choreographed Super junior's "Mamacita". For EXO, Testa choreographed the band's "Wolf" and "Overdose". He was also their art director for EXO's first solo concert "The Lost Planet". He also choreographed "Fire Truck" and "My First and Last" by NCT.
Testa is a dance educator for both "New York City Dance Alliance" and "Monsters Of Hip Hop" dance conventions, and a guest speaker at the TEDx conference in Los Angeles in June 2013.
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