Throwback Thursday and Tony Charmoli
Tony Charmoli was born on June 11, 1922,
although some sources say January. His career began on Broadway after he served
in World War II. He studied dance with many notables, including Martha Graham
who asked him to be a part of her company. He declined and went to Broadway
instead.
He was involved in early screen tests to
see if dance could work well in the new medium of television. Early in his
career he won an Emmy for outstanding choreography for the show Your Hit Parade. He went on to be nominated
16 times. He won 3.
One of his strengths was understanding
that choreography for a small TV screen is different. He worked out the best
camera positions and movements as well as doing choreography. This experience
naturally led him to being a director.
In 1977 he was nominated for Best
Director for two television specials:
"Shirley MacLaine: Where Do We Go From Here?" and "Mitzi...Zings Into Spring". But
probably his most well known production was Baryshnikov’s "The Nutcracker", which was also
broadcast in 1977.
In 2001, he won the American
Choreography Life Achievement Award. The list of his works is too extensive to
document here, but to view it see https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153346/otherworks?ref_=nmbio_sa_1.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #290:
“Tony Charmoli was instrumental in the development of
dance in television.”
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