Anthony Joseph Testa






















Anthony Joseph Testa
Born
Anthony Joseph Testa


(1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 31)

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.[1][2][3]


Testa started dancing at eight years old in his hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado at Westin Arts Academy & Artistic Fusion Dance Academy.[4]
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.[5]


Testa has also choreographed for Britney Spears,[6][7] and for Nickelodeon's "Dance on Sunset" (2008).[8]
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,"[6][9]
"Dancing With The Stars" feat. Corbin Bleu, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Benefit for The Painted Turtle, and the remake movie "Dirty Dancing".[10]


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"[11][12] 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,"[13] "Everybody",[14] and "Married to the Music" as well as TVXQ's "Catch Me" (known in Korea as 'Hulk Dance') and Something. Testa choreographed Super Junior's "Mamacita". For EXO, Testa choreographed the band's "Wolf" and "Overdose".[15] He was also their art director for EXO's first solo concert "The Lost Planet".[16] He also choreographed "Lion Heart" by SNSD with Shim Jae-won, "Fire Truck","My First and Last" and "Cherry Bomb" by NCT.


Testa is a dance educator for both "New York City Dance Alliance"[17] and "Monsters Of Hip Hop" dance conventions,[18] and a guest speaker at the TEDx conference in Los Angeles in June 2013.[19]




Contents






  • 1 Additional choreography


  • 2 Director


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Additional choreography



  • Concert tour for the singer Demi Lovato - Choreographer (2011)

  • Promotional Concert Tour for the singer Britney Spears. - Choreographer (2008) [7]

  • Promotional Concert Tour for the singer Janet Jackson & Nelly. Aired on NBC Today Show- Co-Choreographer (2006) [5]

  • Music Videos for the singer Kylie Minogue. Songs titled "Get Outta My Way" and "All the Lovers" - 2010

  • Dance Spirit Magazine Article.(2008) [7]



Director



  • AMAs live performance by Singer Nikki Minaj & DJ David Guetta. - Co-Creative Director & Choreographer (20 November 2011)

  • Saturday Night Live for the band 1 Direction. - Creative Director (7 April 2012)[19]

  • The Voice UK - Season 1. - Creative Director (28 April - 3 May 2012)

  • Concert Tour for the singer Kylie Minogue. Tour name: Aphrodite: Les Folies World Tour. - Associate Director & Choreographer (19 February 2011-14 July 2011) [17]

  • Leicester Square Theatre show for Miss Polly Rae: The Hurly Burly Show. - Associate Director (2011)



References





  1. ^ S.M.ROOKIES introduces Hansol, Jisung, & Mark + practice session clip with Tony Testa | allkpop.com


  2. ^ Top Los Angeles choreographers frolic in fountains for Dance Camera West | arts•meme


  3. ^ Choreographer Tony Testa Checks Out 'Viva Elvis' | Las Vegas Review-Journal


  4. ^ Owens, Jennifer. "Alumni". Artistic Fusion Dance Academy. IBU. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ ab Kay, Tonia. "Why do a demo reel?". Answers4dancers. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  6. ^ ab Choreographer Tony Testa Checks Out 'Viva Elvis' | Las Vegas Review-Journal


  7. ^ abc Donatelli, Jen. "Q & A with Tony Testa". Dance Spirit Magazine. Macfadden Communications Group. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  8. ^ Macel, Emily. "For Real?". Dance Magazine. Macfadden Communications Group. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  9. ^ Murray, Rebecca. "Kenny Ortega Discusses 'Michael Jackson's This Is It'". About.com. IAC/InterActiveCorp. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  10. ^ Chitwood, Adam. "Lionsgate Puts DIRTY DANCING Remake On Hold". Collider.com. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  11. ^ Joonni. "SHINee Takes Group Photo With Choreographer Tony Testa". soompi.com. Enswers, Inc. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  12. ^ SHINee meets Tony Testa - Yahoo News Singapore


  13. ^ Five Reasons To Get Excited About SHINee's "Dream Girl" Comeback - Popdust


  14. ^ [Unitedkpop Single Review] Shinee – ‘Everybody’


  15. ^ "火熱的瞬間XOXO EXO 20140509 Ep1 | bananaidol". Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-09-03.


  16. ^ "EXO Reviews - Tony Testa misses twelve members of EXO - Page 1 - Wattpad". www.wattpad.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.


  17. ^ ab "Faculty". nycdance.com. NYCDA.


  18. ^ "Faculty". Monsters Of Hip Hop. Monstersofhiphop.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.


  19. ^ ab Ivanova, Lora. "TEdx". Rajveer Singh Rathore. Retrieved 15 June 2013.




External links



  • "Choreographers". MSA Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2013.



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