Tony Meredith

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Tony Meredith
Born	San Diego, California U.S.A.
Occupation	Choreographer
Spouse	Melanie LaPatin

Tony Meredith is a professional ballroom dance champion and choreographer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Dance career 3 TV and Film 4 Achievements 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biography

Tony Meredith, born in San Diego, California, discovered ballroom dancing after replying to a newspaper ad seeking dance teachers.

[edit] Dance career

Tony formed a professional partnership with Melanie LaPatin and traveled the world representing the United States 12 times in the Professional World Latin-American Dance Championships, and eventually moved to New York to train and open a studio.^[1]

With Melanie, Tony captured over 100 first place trophies and in 1995, won the professional Latin division of the U.S. Dancesport Championships.^[2]

Currently, Tony serves as a ballroom dance competition adjudicator, coach, and choreographer, and possesses a wide range of versatility: from cha-cha to swing, tango to hustle, mambo and salsa to rhythm and blues.

[edit] TV and Film

Tony has been behind the scenes as well as made appearances in various films, TV shows, and Broadway, including feature film performances in Dance with Me, The Thomas Crown Affair, Let It Be Me and The Last Days of Disco. He is also known for co-hosting seasons 1 and 2 of the PBS series America's Ballroom Challenge with Marilu Henner, and most recently, Tony appeared as a guest choreographer on the FOX dance competition-reality show So You Think You Can Dance.

[edit] Achievements

• 1995 - U.S. National Professional Latin Champion with Melanie LaPatin^[3]

[edit] See also

• U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin)
• So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3)
• America's Ballroom Challenge

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site: TonyAndMelanie.com
• Tony Meredith at the Internet Movie Database
• So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)

v • d • e So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series) Seasons 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 Hosts Lauren Sánchez · Cat Deeley Judges Nigel Lythgoe · Mary Murphy Choreographers Alex Da Silva · Tyce Diorio · Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo · Brian Friedman · Jean-Marc Genereux · Hunter Johnson · Dan Karaty  · Lil' C  · Tony Meredith · Mia Michaels · Mandy Moore · Toni Redpath · Wade Robson · Doriana Sánchez · Shane Sparks Winners Nick Lazzarini · Benji Schwimmer · Sabra Johnson Top 4 Contestants Melody Lacayanga · Jamile McGee · Ashlè Dawson · Travis Wall · Donyelle Jones · Heidi Groskreutz · Danny Tidwell · Neil Haskell · Lacey Schwimmer Other Season two finalists · Season three finalists Other countries Australia · Canada · Greece · Malaysia · Scandinavia

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NAME	Tony Meredith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Ballroom dance champion and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Diego, California
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH