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Bruno Tonioli (born 25 November 1955) is an Italian choreographer, dancer and TV personality who appears as a judge on the British television dance competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and its American adaptation ''Dancing with the Stars'' on ABC TV in the US. Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show ''DanceX'' and its American adaptation, ''Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann''. ==Career== In the early 1970s, Tonioli was a member of the Paris-based company La Grande Eugène and later joined the Lindsay Kemp Company. He worked extensively as a freelance dancer. Tonioli has worked in the music business as a choreographer for music videos, stage shows and tours for artists such as Tina Turner, Sting, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Sinitta, Boy George and Duran Duran. His close association with Bananarama produced many videos, from "Venus" to "Movin' On". Tonioli choreographed the band Arcadia's music video for their song "Election Day" as documented in a 1980s documentary entitled ''The Making of Election Day''. Tonioli's film credits include ''Ella Enchanted'', ''The Gathering Storm'', ''Little Voice'', ''Dancin' thru the Dark'', ''Enigma'', ''The Parole Officer'' and ''What a Girl Wants''. His television film credits include ''Blake's 7'', Miss Marple's ''The Body in the Library'', ''Blonde Bombshell'', ''Scarlet Pimpernel'' and ''The Bare Necessities''. Theatre credits include ''La Vie Parisienne'', ''Godspell'', Steve Coogan's show ''The Man Who Thinks He's It'' and "Forbidden Passion" (BBC TV trilogy in 1985, entitled Oscar in the UK) playing manservant to Oscar Wilde (Michael Gambon). Other television credits include ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (2003), ''The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon'', ''Ghosts of Oxford Street'', The BRIT Awards (1988, 1990, 1991), many ''Top of the Pops'', three Royal Variety Performance shows, Miss World (1998–1999), and the Australian edition of ''Dancing with the Stars'' as a guest judge. In the United States, he has appeared on numerous talk shows including ''Larry King Live'', ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''The Bonnie Hunt Show'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''The View'', ''Live with Regis & Kelly'', ''Rachael Ray'', ''The Soup'', ''Lopez Tonight'' and ''Chelsea Lately''. In January 2008, ABC premiered ''Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie-Ann''. Tonioli's team won the viewer-voted competition, earning a contract with Hollywood Records. In 2009 and 2010 he was a judge on the UK tour of ''Strictly Come Dancing Live'', appearing at 45 shows on each tour. During his time with the U.S. ''Dancing With the Stars'', Tonioli called Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan "a little lynx on the prowl" and labelled singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus "a crazy bear lost in a swamp".〔Staff (20 March 2007) (Mills foxtrots onto US dance show ) BBC News Entertainment, Retrieved 3 November 2011〕 A minor controversy arose following Tonioli's remarks to U.S. ''Dancing With the Stars'' contestant Michael Bolton and dance partner Chelsie Hightower on the 27 September 2010 after show, when the judge called Bolton's jive dance the worst he had seen in all 11 seasons. Bolton expressed his dissatisfaction prominently in the media afterward, prompting ABC to release a statement defending Tonioli. In September 2012, Tonioli released an autobiography entitled ''Bruno Tonioli: My Story''. The same year, he appeared as a mariachi singer and dancer in a Dole commercial. He was a homeowner on the ITV gameshow ''Through the Keyhole'' in September 2013 and later appeared as a panellist on the show in September 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruno Tonioli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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